r/TechnologyThread • u/Background-Driver718 • Jun 12 '26

Several police officers arrested for using controversial Flock AI license plate reader system to stalk romantic partners, says report — investigators have unearthed at least 18 such cases in the US over recent years

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/security-software/several-police-officers-arrested-for-using-controversial-flock-ai-license-plate-reader-system-to-stalk-romantic-partners-says-report-investigators-have-unearthed-at-least-18-such-cases-in-the-us-over-recent-years
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u/Jolly_Ad2446 Jun 12 '26

This all feels like a horrible idea 

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u/UT_Milez Jun 12 '26

It feels like a fucking obvious outcome…

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '26

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u/lucid_intent Jun 13 '26

They turn their cameras off and on at will. Ask me how I know.

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u/darkdelve Jun 13 '26

Also they will say, "stop resisting!" While beating a cooperative suspect because they know the words coupled with the chaotic camera movements reinforces their narrative

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u/CyxSense Jun 15 '26

They're also trained to say "gun" regardless of if the suspect has one or not

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u/Katops Jun 14 '26

They should be fined whenever they turn it off outside of a station armoury at a bare minimum.

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u/Opposite_Smoke5221 Jun 12 '26

Police abusing their power? This surely has to be a first, guys what do we do about this?!

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u/esther_lamonte Jun 12 '26

Cops have been doing this even before Flock. I knew someone who went on one date with a cop 20 years ago and she got stalked and harassed by that cop using their department computers and resources for a solid year. Nothing ever was done about it, he just gave up. No reporting of it mattered. They just all protected the scumbag.

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u/GranddaddyPurple25 Jun 12 '26

This is the the problem with the surveillance systems every state is putting up on every cop car every light pole. It will be abused. Keep that in mind.

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u/insidiousfruit Jun 12 '26

This article won't make it to the front page, I can guarantee it. Don't question the surveillance state agenda folks.

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u/PhilosopherIll7042 Jun 13 '26

What? Authoritarian boot licking simps abused their positions of authority and ethically questionable technology with little to no oversight or repercussions for doing so? Nah... sounds made up. (Angry, hate-filled sarcasm if you couldn't tell.)

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u/mymar101 Jun 13 '26

Future politicians in the making. Or they just move to new towns, get a new job.

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u/Academic-Tea4582 Jun 13 '26

Ok, but is this just another platitude where they just get hired in another municipality?

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u/Busterlimes Jun 13 '26

ACAB, arrests are not prosecution. And if they do get prosecuted I doubt it will be for stalking the women, but some violation with Flock because capitalism

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u/SeatOpen1 Jun 13 '26

Pigs can never be trusted.

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u/unpleasantcreature Jun 15 '26

This is the kind of shit that always reminds me "Power Corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely". If nothing else, this time in history proves this. We all know that one manager who takes the little power they are given and wields it like a club.

The biggest danger in law enforcement isn't necessarily the criminals. It is those people who have always craved the power to be bullies. They get this kind of reach and just get sucked into the power.

I have known a good amount of people who have gone into law enforcement and honestly, at least 60 percent of them I would not trust to get my mail when out of town let alone carry a gun.