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140 incidents closest to “Flock Falcon LPR” · matched on meaning · public reporting
The Flock Safety system captured license plate, time, location, vehicle make and model, and made drivers' movements searchable by law enforcement in Waukesha County and beyond without a warrant.
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Automated license plate readers tracked the locations of individuals, enabling deputies to stalk them without their knowledge.
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Police surrounded a couple's home and pointed guns at them after a Flock camera lead incorrectly associated their vehicle with a crime.
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License plate reader system used for non-law enforcement purposes
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Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have proposed the Ban Flock Act, alleging that Flock Safety's license plate reader cameras are eroding privacy. The system is used by law enforcement agencies to track vehicles. The proposed legislation aims to prohibit the use of such cameras.
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Unauthorized access to license plate data of ex-girlfriend and four other individuals
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The system misidentified her vehicle as being involved in a crime, leading to her arrest and placement in solitary confinement.
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A judge ruled that a police search using Flock's automated license plate readers constituted a form of mass surveillance. The ruling concerns the deployment of the AI-based camera system by law enforcement, which the court found to be an invasive surveillance practice. No further details of the case were provided in the article.
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The officer used the Flock camera system to access location data of coworkers without authorization.
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The system flagged Alek Schott's vehicle as suspicious, leading to a traffic stop, interrogation, and search.
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The Flock license-plate reader system collected and provided vehicle location data to the MPD for use in an internal affairs misconduct investigation, potentially affecting police officers.
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Whiteside County deputy under investigation for possible Flock camera misuse WQAD
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A former Brunswick County deputy is charged with misusing the Flock license-plate reader system to look up several people's license-plate information without a legitimate law enforcement purpose.
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Police wrongfully accused a woman of theft based on Flock camera surveillance of her vehicle.
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The system captured images of vehicles and license plates, and the county failed to release them to a public records requester.
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A Cheektowaga police officer and dispatchers were suspended over the alleged misuse of Flock license-plate cameras to track the location of a fellow employee.
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An Albany County Sheriff's Office investigator is accused of using Flock license-plate cameras to track the vehicles of five people, including the investigator's ex-girlfriend, without a lawful purpose.
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A Joliet police lieutenant is charged with felony computer tampering, accused of using the Flock license-plate reader system to flag a female officer's vehicle as wanted, stolen or driven recklessly, which could have led to police stops.
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A Florida police officer was placed on leave after TCPalm questioned the officer's searches of Flock license-plate data on people's movements.
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The system provided 30 days of location data on the driver's vehicle, which led to a traffic stop and search.
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The system allowed unauthorized tracking of individuals' vehicles through license plate recognition, affecting five subjects including an ex-girlfriend who was searched 3,000 times.
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Former officer used Flock cameras to surveil and stalk his ex-girlfriend, her family members, and other romantic interests.
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The Flock ALPR system was used by deputies to track the locations of a woman and a teenage girl for personal, non-law-enforcement purposes.
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The system detected and recorded images of vehicles and people, affecting individuals in public spaces.
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