by Leo Hohmann, Leo Hohmann Substack:
Flock, meanwhile, has tried to get its AI spy cameras into Uber, Lyft and various commercial delivery vehicles.
I reported last week that three employees at my local Sheriff’s Office in Coweta County, Georgia, were forced to resign when it came to light that they were using the county’s Flock surveillance cameras, which have literally blanketed the area over the last five or six years, for their own personal use in violation of department policy.
Well, that was just the tip of the iceberg in Georgia. Since that article was posted last Friday there have been several more cases of law enforcement officers in the state using Flock’s AI spy cameras not just for official police business but for their own personal mischief.
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Check out the August 8 article from the Atlanta CBS affiliate WSB-TV Channel 2, below:
A former Polk County police officer who once worked with a multi-agency drug task force has been charged after investigators said she improperly accessed a license plate reader system for personal reasons.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Friday that former Polk County Police Department Officer Tracey Royston, 51, of Cedartown, is facing four misdemeanor counts of misuse of a license plate reader System.
Channel 2 Action News has previously reported on several officers in metro Atlanta and in the state who have been fired and arrested over misusing the cameras, including most recently in Coweta County, Savannah and Habersham County.
According to the GBI, the investigation began July 31 after the PCPD requested assistance looking into allegations involving the Cedartown Police Department’s Flock Safety System, a network of cameras that captures and stores license plate information.
Investigators said Royston previously served as an agent with the Northwest Georgia Drug Task Force, which is managed by the GBI. Because of that role, she had access to the Cedartown Police Department’s Flock Safety System.
Investigators say Royston accessed the system multiple times between 2024 and 2025 for purposes unrelated to law enforcement, according to the GBI.
Royston was arrested Thursday and booked into the Polk County Jail.
The investigation remains active and ongoing. Once completed, the case will be turned over to the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for prosecution.
PREVIOUS COVERAGE from Georgia:
- Flock misuse: 8 metro Atlanta officers suspended over policy violations
- 3 former sheriff’s office employees accused of misusing Flock Safety System after audit
- 6 Georgia officers, staff investigated for misusing Flock system in popular tourist destination
- 3 more metro Atlanta police officers fired, accused of misusing Flock cameras
- 10+ officers arrested for misusing surveillance cameras. What tools are watching the watchers?
- DA’s office investigator illegally accessed Flock camera system more than 60 times, GBI says
- Crime center supervisor accused of misusing Flock data to track domestic partner, charged by GBI
- DeKalb deputy fired, charged with misusing Flock cameras
- 5 ex-Georgia police officers charged in misuse of license plate reader data
- Former Georgia sheriff’s office employee accused of stalking people using department Flock account
- Sandy Springs police officer terminated after allegedly using city’s Flock cameras for personal gain
That’s quite a list of abuse from just one state. It’s likely that Flock receives more coverage in Georgia because the company is based in Atlanta. Other states are likely just as riddled with abuse from law enforcement but they are able to keep it under the radar.
American citizens are being illegally surveilled while the company is fleecing the taxpayers to the tune of tens of millions of dollars. It’s time we hold our city councils and county commissions accountable for these abusive Orwellian systems.
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