Mayor Andre Dickens orders ‘comprehensive review’ of city’s Flock surveillance system, policies.
A notice about a Flock license plate reader is shown in a Brookhaven subdivision. Atlanta police said department leaders are conducting an internal audit of its officers’ use of the technology. (Casey Sykes for the AJC 2019)
As a growing number of law enforcement officers are fired or arrested for allegedly misusing license plate readers, the state’s largest police department is conducting an audit of its own.
The Atlanta Police Department has assembled a team to look for unauthorized use of the surveillance technology within its ranks, Deputy Chief Jason Smith told Atlanta City Council members.
Dozens of Georgia police officers have been terminated, placed on leave or criminally charged in recent months after allegedly accessing Flock Safety’s sprawling network of tag readers for “non-law enforcement purposes.”
So far, Atlanta has not publicly announced any incidents of suspected misuse by its officers, raising some questions about what department leaders might find when taking a deeper look.
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A Flock camera at work. Alpharetta has signed a five-year agreement with Flock Group Inc. to give police access to automated license plate reader data. CASEY SYKES / AJC FILE
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