Muda69 Posted 51 minutes ago Posted 51 minutes ago This is just here in Indiana: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2026/08/20/impd-officer-suspended-over-flock-camera-misuse-what-we-know-indianapolis-alpr-misconduct-plate/91303397007/ Quote The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department announced on Aug. 13 that an officer was under criminal investigation because he used automated license plate readers for "personal reasons." The officer came forward to his supervisor and admitted misusing the technology on Aug. 6. The department immediately revoked his police powers and equipment as it conducted an internal investigation, according to IMPD Chief Tanya Terry. Terry said that once the full extent of the misuse became clear, she recommended the officer's termination and the department made a public announcement. Scrutiny over ALPRs has ramped up considerably in recent months. On Aug. 2, the Washington Post published a lengthy investigation about officers who misused Flock cameras, often to stalk women without their knowledge. .... Terry said that the officer made "hundreds" of searches for a select few license plates. ... Currently, there's no specific charge for the misuse of ALPR data in Indiana. Eyes Off Indiana, a nonprofit advocating for legal limits on the technology, is asking for the state legislature to make personal use of ALPR data a crime. The organization also wants to ban selling ALPR data, allow localities to reject the cameras entirely and require more transparency. "Nothing in Indiana law required IMPD to investigate this, act on it, or say a word about it publicly," said Walker Lasbury, Eyes Off Indiana's director. "The next department might handle it differently – and Hoosiers would never know." Fraternal Order of Police president Rick Snyder said that the police union will "advocate for stronger guardrails on this technology by the Indiana General Assembly this upcoming session." ... While it is heartening to see more and more municipalities cancel their contracts with Flock or decline to use ALPR's altogether, the proverbial Pandora's box has already been opened. And no amount of "internal controls" by law enforcement agencies will close it. It will ultimately be like the fox guarding the hen house, and the public is the hens.
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