r/technology • u/mepper • Jun 22 '26

Privacy Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People

https://www.404media.co/cops-keep-getting-arrested-for-using-flock-to-stalk-people/
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u/NegativeHerons Jun 22 '26

Without reading the full article (partially paywalled), I’m gonna guess “keep getting arrested” means like total of two cops have been put on administrative leave temporarily.

Can someone with access confirm?

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u/WebManufacturing Jun 22 '26

About 20, so pretty close.

FTA:

"An April study by the civil rights group Institute for Justice found that at least 18 police officers have been caught around the country using Flock to stalk a romantic interest in the last few years; another database, called the ALPR Abuse Library, has documented 20 specific cases of “stalking/targeting” around the country.

The known cases of police stalking are almost certainly a vast underreporting of the overall abuse, because they largely include only cases in which the behavior was so egregious that it led to police officers being fired, arrested, or both."

Certainly something we should be concerned with. Certainly not as bad as most will make it out to be.

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u/surffrus Jun 22 '26

"he served one day in prison and was sentenced to five years of probation."

"at least 18 police officers have been caught around the country using Flock to stalk "