Indianapolis charges five officers over Flock camera stalking
Prosecutors say one detective ran nearly 1,400 unauthorized searches on Flock's license-plate camera network to track women he was romantically interested in.
Marion County prosecutors have charged five Indianapolis police officers with misusing Flock Safety's license-plate camera network to track romantic partners and women they met in public, according to posts from WTHR reporter Ashton Hackman.
The heaviest charges fall on detective Jonathan Schultz, who faces 12 counts of official misconduct, 12 of fraud and two of stalking. Prosecutors say he ran nearly 1,400 unauthorized Flock searches on women he met through gyms and workout classes, plus his ex-wife. Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears called the audit behind the charges "just the beginning" of Flock-related cases, according to a post from International Cyber Digest.
Four other officers face related charges. One is accused of using a colleague's saved Flock credentials to track an ex-wife's vehicle more than 1,000 times. Prosecutors say another searched a lieutenant she had dated before, and a third ran nearly 2,800 searches on a firefighter he suspected was involved with his wife. All five have been suspended, and two have already resigned, Hackman reported.
T3chFalcon, an X account that has tracked Flock misuse cases across the US, said roughly 5,000 law enforcement agencies still have access to Flock's network. The account said the abuse came to light through a civilian audit site that Flock has tried to get taken down. The claim about agency numbers has not been independently confirmed.