{"id":64576,"date":"2026-08-02T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64576"},"modified":"2026-08-02T14:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T19:56:52","slug":"wapo-how-rogue-officers-turned-a-nationwide-camera-network-into-a-tool-for-stalking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64576","title":{"rendered":"WaPo: How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WaPo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2026\/08\/02\/how-police-officers-used-vast-network-cameras-spy-their-exes\/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_term=\">How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking<\/a> by Drew Harwell, Douglas MacMillan and Aaron Schaffer (\u201cFlock\u2019s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.\u201d):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The Post\u2019s investigation sheds light on the scope of the technology\u2019s misuse across the country, as well as the toll on victims and families who felt they were constantly being watched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through automated license-plate reader systems, or ALPRs, officers could trace the rhythms and travels of their subjects\u2019 daily lives, leading in some instances to violent confrontations, moments of psychological manipulation, and threats of coercion and control, the analysis found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Wisconsin, a police officer allegedly used Flock to check whether his ex-girlfriend had gone to an abortion clinic, according to a police affidavit for a case set for trial this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Kansas, a police chief who tracked his ex through Flock sneaked up on her while she was intimate with another man, a state police certification body alleged, leading to his firing.<br \/><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WaPo: How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking by Drew Harwell, Douglas MacMillan and Aaron Schaffer (\u201cFlock\u2019s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64576\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automatic-license-plate-readers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64576"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64578,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64576\/revisions\/64578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}