DeKalb deputy charged with Flock camera misuse; more Georgia officers fired
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Re: DeKalb deputy charged with Flock camera misuse; more Georgia officers fired
#2At least seven other Georgia law enforcement officers were fired this month and charged with misusing the technology.
That includes a Henry County police officer who was fired and arrested last week following an investigation into his access of the Flock network, authorities there said.
Re: DeKalb deputy charged with Flock camera misuse; more Georgia officers fired
#3Re: DeKalb deputy charged with Flock camera misuse; more Georgia officers fired
#4I'm not sure what to think here. Legitimate misuse, sure. But the article says at least one person only looked up their own license plate. I feel like that should be considered acceptable. It's not law enforcement usage specifically, but can't I grant myself the right to see information on my own vehicle?
Yes, devil's advocate could say if standard citizens can't, no one can. Just seems so minor it's not worth losing a job over. All other cases (including plates of family which you don't directly own), yes, investigate fully and apply appropriate actions.
Re: DeKalb deputy charged with Flock camera misuse; more Georgia officers fired
#5I'm not sure what to think here. Legitimate misuse, sure. But the article says at least one person only looked up their own license plate. I feel like that should be considered acceptable. It's not law enforcement usage specifically, but can't I grant myself the right to see information on my own vehicle? Yes, devil's advocate could say if standard citizens can't, no one can. Just seems so minor it's not worth losing…
> I feel like that should be considered acceptable
Not if they're married and their spouse also drives the vehicle.
Re: DeKalb deputy charged with Flock camera misuse; more Georgia officers fired
#6In a way, new companies like Flock entering such domains are a boon because they probably maintain tight audit logs and alerting mechanisms.
Traditional look-up software is probably being misused by cops all the time (à la the old noir trope of a PI having "a buddy in the department" who can look up anything for him).
Re: DeKalb deputy charged with Flock camera misuse; more Georgia officers fired
#7I'm not sure what to think here. Legitimate misuse, sure. But the article says at least one person only looked up their own license plate. I feel like that should be considered acceptable. It's not law enforcement usage specifically, but can't I grant myself the right to see information on my own vehicle? Yes, devil's advocate could say if standard citizens can't, no one can. Just seems so minor it's not worth losing…
> I feel like that should be considered acceptable Not if they're married and their spouse also drives the vehicle.
Ethics aside, I don’t think there’s a legal issue with obtaining data on one’s spouse.
Re: DeKalb deputy charged with Flock camera misuse; more Georgia officers fired
#8Flock: You thought we put the cameras up to spy on you. Haha on the police who buy them and rat themselves out!
Re: DeKalb deputy charged with Flock camera misuse; more Georgia officers fired
#9Re: DeKalb deputy charged with Flock camera misuse; more Georgia officers fired
#10I'm not sure what to think here. Legitimate misuse, sure. But the article says at least one person only looked up their own license plate. I feel like that should be considered acceptable. It's not law enforcement usage specifically, but can't I grant myself the right to see information on my own vehicle? Yes, devil's advocate could say if standard citizens can't, no one can. Just seems so minor it's not worth losing…
It basically shows a lack of respect for the gravity of these tools. If a cop was fucking around with a gun, youd want them held accountable for that so there is a standard of care in using these things. We need that because these can be very dangerous if misused, even unintentionally. The next thing this cop might do with alpr data is look up their friend to play a prank on them or something. Its gotta be nipped in the bud