Incidents gathered from public reporting around the world. Each one links to the articles it came from. None of it is a finding that anyone broke the law.
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44 incidents closest to “Accurint for Law Enforcement” · matched on meaning · public reporting
A Flock automated license plate reader search led Lexington police to surround the wrong home of Will Penn and his family.
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Officers tracked locations of women's vehicles, including an ex-wife, using the Flock camera system to stalk and interact with them
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The license-plate readers tracked the locations of women's vehicles, enabling officers to stalk them.
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The Flock license plate reader system tracked Marissa Todisco's vehicle locations, which Officer Tiso accessed for personal reasons.
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The Flock camera system captured the location of a domestic violence victim's vehicle, and an officer shared it with her alleged abuser, who tracked her down.
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The system tracked the vehicle locations of a former romantic partner and a fellow police officer.
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The Flock camera system tracked a domestic violence victim's vehicle and disclosed her live location to her suspected abuser.
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A police officer tracked a woman's movements across Kentucky and Indiana using the Flock camera system.
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The system captured and allowed searching of vehicle location data, impacting the privacy of vehicle owners.
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Complaint alleges Thornton police misused Flock data northglenn-thorntonsentinel.com
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Flock cameras captured images and location data of vehicles and pedestrians, providing law enforcement with a searchable database of individuals' movements without warrants.
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Flock system enabled detective to search for and track a vehicle assigned to an LMPD employee, potentially violating their privacy.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation obtained data showing that over 50 law enforcement agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock Safety's automated license plate reader network in connection with protest activity in 2025. The searches targeted vehicles associated with protests, including the No Kings movement and animal rights activists, without articulating a specific crime. The surveillance creates a chilling effect on First Amendment-protected dissent.
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Searched the ex-girlfriend's license plate and personal information in Flock and other law enforcement databases without a legitimate purpose.
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Three deputies from the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia were fired and arrested for allegedly accessing the department’s automated licence plate reader database without a lawful purpose. The misuse was uncovered following a self-initiated audit of the Flock Safety system. All three individuals face charges of violation of oath of office.
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The Flock ALPR system flagged a vehicle as matching a suspect's car, leading to the arrest of Hugo Parra and Ariel Alonso Beltran.
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Flock Safety's license plate reader network allowed a former sheriff's deputy to search one woman's license plate location history 1,639 times without a warrant.
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The system recorded and tracked the locations of vehicles and their owners without consent.
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The Flock camera system tracked the ex-girlfriend's vehicle license plate over 1,000 times, enabling the officer to stalk and harass her.
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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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Two women from Maine allege that Department of Homeland Security agents used AI-powered surveillance tools to identify them as they recorded federal immigration enforcement operations. The agents threatened to add them to a secret database of domestic terrorists, according to a lawsuit. DHS denies the existence of such a database but says it monitors threats. The lawsuit claims retaliation for exercising First Amendment rights.
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Brian Hofer, a privacy advocate, and his brother were detained at gunpoint by Contra Costa County sheriff's deputies after a Vigilant Solutions automated license plate reader mistakenly flagged their rental car as stolen. The error occurred because the car had been recovered but not removed from the hot list database. Hofer filed a federal lawsuit alleging civil rights violations, while the sheriff's office stated deputies followed procedure. The incident highlights concerns about the accuracy and oversight of license plate reader systems.
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The ACLU conducted a test of Amazon's Rekognition facial recognition system, comparing photos of members of Congress against a database of 25,000 mugshots. The system incorrectly matched 28 legislators, disproportionately people of colour, including six members of the Congressional Black Caucus. The test highlights the risk of false matches and biased inaccuracies in law enforcement use of face surveillance. The ACLU calls for a moratorium on police use of the technology.
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A Georgetown Law report documents that law enforcement face recognition networks include over 117 million American adults, with at least 26 states allowing searches against driver's license and ID photo databases. The report alleges that these systems are largely unregulated, lack accuracy testing, disproportionately affect African Americans, and are not audited for misuse. It calls for legislative regulation and public reporting.
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