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Incident 1690: Kechi, Kansas Police Lieutenant Victor Heiar Used Flock Safety License-Plate Reader System to Monitor Estranged Wife

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Description: Kechi, Kansas police lieutenant Victor Heiar used Wichita police's Flock Safety license-plate reader system to search his estranged wife's plate and review her movements over the prior month. An arrest affidavit said Heiar acknowledged knowing the use was improper; his wife said she felt violated and unsafe. He later pleaded guilty to misdemeanor stalking and computer crime and received 18 months' probation.
Editor Notes: (1) 10/23/2022: date of documented Flock misuse; (2) 10/26/2022: Heiar arrested and Kechi Police Department's access to Wichita's Flock database revoked; (3) 04/05/2023: pleaded guilty to misdemeanor stalking and computer crime and received 18 months' probation; (4) 08/2023: Kansas revoked his law-enforcement certification. (5) 09/16/2026 incident ID created.

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Alleged: Surveillance technology developers , Flock Safety and Automated license plate reader (ALPR) developers developed an AI system deployed by Wichita Police Department (Kansas) , Victor Heiar , Stalkers , Law enforcement and Kechi Police Department (Kansas), which harmed Women and girls , Women , Victor Heiar's estranged wife , Privacy and Individuals whose license plate data were accessed for non-law-enforcement purposes.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Automated license plate reader (ALPR) developers , Surveillance technology and Flock Safety automated license plate reader system

Incident Stats

Incident ID
1690
Report Count
6
Incident Date
2022-10-23
Editors
Daniel Atherton

Incident Reports

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Kechi police lieutenant arrested for using police technology to stalk wife
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Former Kechi police lieutenant convicted on stalking charges
How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking
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Kechi police lieutenant arrested for using police technology to stalk wife

Kechi police lieutenant arrested for using police technology to stalk wife

kwch.com

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Wichita moves to tighten access, increase oversight on secretive police surveillance program

Wichita moves to tighten access, increase oversight on secretive police surveillance program

kansas.com

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Former Kechi police lieutenant convicted on stalking charges

Former Kechi police lieutenant convicted on stalking charges

kwch.com

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A former police officer has been sentenced in Sedgwick County District Court

A former police officer has been sentenced in Sedgwick County District Court

sedgwickcounty.org

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‘You were spotted’: KS officer who used police cameras to stalk estranged wife sentenced

‘You were spotted’: KS officer who used police cameras to stalk estranged wife sentenced

kansas.com

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How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking

How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking

washingtonpost.com

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Kechi police lieutenant arrested for using police technology to stalk wife
kwch.com · 2022

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Kechi Police Lieutenant Victor Heiar was arrested by the Wichita Police Department after it was discovered he utilized his position within the police department to unlawfully access WPD’s flock license plate reader te…

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Wichita moves to tighten access, increase oversight on secretive police surveillance program
kansas.com · 2022

Where are you going, where have you been — and where are you right now?

If the answer is Wichita, and you got there by motor vehicle, it’s likely the Wichita Police Department already knows. Or it can find out with a reasonable degree of ce…

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Former Kechi police lieutenant convicted on stalking charges
kwch.com · 2023

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A former police officer has been sentenced in Sedgwick County District Court.

Judge David Kaufman sentenced Victor Heiar, 32 of Park City, to a controlling term of 24 months in jail from which he was granted probation…

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A former police officer has been sentenced in Sedgwick County District Court
sedgwickcounty.org · 2023
Dan Dillon post-incident response

WICHITA, KAN. -- A former police officer has been sentenced in Sedgwick County District Court. Judge David Kaufman sentenced Victor Heiar, 32 of Park City, to a controlling term of 24 months in jail from which he was granted probation for 1…

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‘You were spotted’: KS officer who used police cameras to stalk estranged wife sentenced
kansas.com · 2023

A former Kechi police lieutenant was sentenced Wednesday to probation for using Wichita police cameras to stalk his estranged wife, the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office said.

Victor Heiar, who accessed the cameras while working fo…

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How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking
washingtonpost.com · 2026

JEFFERSON, Ga. --- Marci Bakely couldn't understand how her ex-boyfriend always seemed to know where she was.

When she went to buy groceries or on a date or to the doctor, he'd text her about it, sometimes within minutes, despite working 15…

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