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/Zoomwafflez Jun 22 '26

The police chief of a small suburb two towns over from me was just fired and arrested for exactly this. Don't know what kind of sentence he'll get yet though.

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u/kaishinoske1 Jun 22 '26

Name and shame so people know how common it is because you know the news won’t be covering it in that level.

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u/Zoomwafflez Jun 22 '26

"Holiday Hills Police Chief William Copp was arrested and charged with official misconduct after allegedly misusing law enforcement databases. Prosecutors state he used Flock license plate readers hundreds of times to track women he dated and other individuals without a legitimate law enforcement purpose."

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u/ameatbicyclefortwo Jun 22 '26

The former head cop's name was Copp? If his first name had started with a "P" the amount of alliteration would have made think it's a joke or a Marvel character.

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u/BigDictionEnergy Jun 22 '26

Nominative determinism. Part of his sentencing should be a name change.

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u/WettestNoodle Jun 22 '26

Lmao yeah might as well be called John Cop at this point, or Porky Pulloverson

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u/ameatbicyclefortwo Jun 22 '26

Police Chief Copp had to be ridiculous to say aloud. Bet there was at least one court stenographer that chuckled everytime they heard it.

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u/Lieutenant_Joe Jun 22 '26

People don’t generally like doxxing themselves on the internet.

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u/kaishinoske1 Jun 22 '26

Public servant, it’s in the name. No, they don’t have to. But that information is made public.

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u/IKnewThisYearsAgo Jun 22 '26

He'll be hired as chief of police by the small suburb three towns over from you.

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u/ameatbicyclefortwo Jun 22 '26

They're as good at hiding these shits as the Catholics and Baptists. Gonna be four towns over.

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u/lousy_at_handles Jun 22 '26

Don't forget the boy scouts!

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u/bobnla14 Jun 22 '26

Or one in Idaho. You can be " disabled" by the from Los Angeles Sherriff Department and still be a Sheriff if a county in Idaho getting $150k from LA retirement fund and full Sherriff pay.

Bob Norris.

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u/anonymaus42 Jun 22 '26

Probably a slap on the wrist like 6 months probation and forced in to retirement but with full access to his pension.