乔治城警察部门警官Justin Craig因涉嫌非法使用Flock自动车牌识别摄像头被逮捕1。Craig被控以官方渎职罪和两项欺诈罪1，检控机构指控他在1月至7月期间非法查询其妻子的车牌超过80次、前熟人的车牌近250次，并故意将这些查询错误标记为与警方调查相关1。乔治城警察内部审查发现，Craig将这些查询虚假归类为交通违规、毒品、人身攻击、盗窃和被盗车辆等各类案件1。此案由《华盛顿邮报》记者举报揭露1。
Craig的律师Matthew Lemme辩称"该行为不违反任何法律或部门政策"1。该案反映了Flock摄像头系统在美国执法部门中存在的广泛滥用问题。美国目前部署了约120,000个Flock摄像头，每月进行约20亿次扫描，该公司向超过4,800个执法机构和近1,000个企业提供服务1。为回应此类问题，Flock首席执行官在8月宣布采取措施遏制警察滥用，包括强制执法机构启用审计功能1。
An officer with the Georgetown Police Department in Indiana has been arrested for unlawfully accessing Flock automatic license plate recognition cameras to conduct personal surveillance.1 Justin Craig faces charges of official misconduct and two counts of fraud following an investigation that revealed he performed over 80 searches of his wife's vehicle registration and approximately 250 searches of a former acquaintance's license plate between January and July.1 The Georgetown Police Department's internal review determined these searches bore no connection to any legitimate law enforcement investigation.1
Craig is accused of deliberately misclassifying the unauthorized queries as related to traffic violations, drug offenses, assault, theft, and stolen vehicles.1 His defense attorney, Matthew Lemme, has argued that "the conduct does not violate any law or department policy."1 The case was initially exposed by a reporter from the Washington Post, highlighting a broader pattern of potential abuse within law enforcement's use of the surveillance technology.
The case underscores concerns about accountability in the expanding deployment of license plate recognition systems across the United States. Approximately 120,000 Flock cameras currently operate nationwide, conducting roughly 2 billion scans monthly.1 The company provides services to more than 4,800 law enforcement agencies and nearly 1,000 businesses.1 In August, Flock's chief executive announced measures aimed at preventing police misuse, including mandatory audit functionality for law enforcement agencies.1
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