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Police departments in the United States

Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 17062 Report
Milwaukee Police Detective Allegedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Reader 20 Times to Track Two People in Violation of Department Policy

2024-01-10

A Milwaukee County criminal complaint alleges that Police Detective Tehrangi Chapman used Flock Safety license-plate readers 20 times to track two people from January 2024 to January 2025, entering "test" or "training" as search reasons. The complaint says Chapman later admitted using Flock to track both people in violation of Milwaukee Police Department policy. He was charged with misconduct in public office; a separate count concerned an unauthorized GPS tracker.

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Incident 17041 Report
Kansas Couple Reportedly Stopped Twice in Kansas and Oklahoma After Flock Safety Alerts Linked Their Plate Number to a Stolen Vehicle

2024-01-30

Matthew and Leah Spurlock were reportedly stopped in Colwich, Kansas, and about a month later in Catoosa, Oklahoma, after Flock Safety cameras associated their KU alumni plate 7007 with a stolen GMC pickup bearing a temporary Kansas tag with the same number. Colwich police quickly resolved the first stop; in Catoosa, the couple said officers drew guns and handcuffed Matthew. Wichita police said Flock reads plate characters but not plate type.

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Incident 17051 Report
Sedgwick, Kansas, Police Chief Reportedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Readers 228 Times to Track Ex-Girlfriend and Her New Boyfriend

2023-06-24

From June to October 2023, Sedgwick, Kansas, Police Chief Lee Nygaard reportedly used Flock Safety license-plate readers 228 times to check the whereabouts of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend, according to a Kansas certification order. The order said he also followed them in a police vehicle and ultimately admitted jealousy influenced his conduct. Nygaard resigned in October 2023 and later lost his police certification.

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Related Entities
Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

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Colwich Police Department (Kansas)

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1704
    1 Report

    Kansas Couple Reportedly Stopped Twice in Kansas and Oklahoma After Flock Safety Alerts Linked Their Plate Number to a Stolen Vehicle

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Entity

Law enforcement

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1706
    2 Reports

    Milwaukee Police Detective Allegedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Reader 20 Times to Track Two People in Violation of Department Policy

  • Incident 1704
    1 Report

    Kansas Couple Reportedly Stopped Twice in Kansas and Oklahoma After Flock Safety Alerts Linked Their Plate Number to a Stolen Vehicle

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Entity

Catoosa Police Department (Oklahoma)

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1704
    1 Report

    Kansas Couple Reportedly Stopped Twice in Kansas and Oklahoma After Flock Safety Alerts Linked Their Plate Number to a Stolen Vehicle

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Entity

Flock Safety

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1706
    2 Reports

    Milwaukee Police Detective Allegedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Reader 20 Times to Track Two People in Violation of Department Policy

  • Incident 1704
    1 Report

    Kansas Couple Reportedly Stopped Twice in Kansas and Oklahoma After Flock Safety Alerts Linked Their Plate Number to a Stolen Vehicle

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Entity

Automated license plate reader (ALPR) developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1706
    2 Reports

    Milwaukee Police Detective Allegedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Reader 20 Times to Track Two People in Violation of Department Policy

  • Incident 1704
    1 Report

    Kansas Couple Reportedly Stopped Twice in Kansas and Oklahoma After Flock Safety Alerts Linked Their Plate Number to a Stolen Vehicle

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Entity

Surveillance technology

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1704
    1 Report

    Kansas Couple Reportedly Stopped Twice in Kansas and Oklahoma After Flock Safety Alerts Linked Their Plate Number to a Stolen Vehicle

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1706
    2 Reports

    Milwaukee Police Detective Allegedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Reader 20 Times to Track Two People in Violation of Department Policy

  • Incident 1704
    1 Report

    Kansas Couple Reportedly Stopped Twice in Kansas and Oklahoma After Flock Safety Alerts Linked Their Plate Number to a Stolen Vehicle

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Entity

Epistemic integrity

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1704
    1 Report

    Kansas Couple Reportedly Stopped Twice in Kansas and Oklahoma After Flock Safety Alerts Linked Their Plate Number to a Stolen Vehicle

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Entity

Privacy

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1706
    2 Reports

    Milwaukee Police Detective Allegedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Reader 20 Times to Track Two People in Violation of Department Policy

  • Incident 1705
    1 Report

    Sedgwick, Kansas, Police Chief Reportedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Readers 228 Times to Track Ex-Girlfriend and Her New Boyfriend

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1704
    1 Report

    Kansas Couple Reportedly Stopped Twice in Kansas and Oklahoma After Flock Safety Alerts Linked Their Plate Number to a Stolen Vehicle

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Entity

Matthew Spurlock

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1704
    1 Report

    Kansas Couple Reportedly Stopped Twice in Kansas and Oklahoma After Flock Safety Alerts Linked Their Plate Number to a Stolen Vehicle

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Entity

Leah Spurlock

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1704
    1 Report

    Kansas Couple Reportedly Stopped Twice in Kansas and Oklahoma After Flock Safety Alerts Linked Their Plate Number to a Stolen Vehicle

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Entity

Motorists

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1704
    1 Report

    Kansas Couple Reportedly Stopped Twice in Kansas and Oklahoma After Flock Safety Alerts Linked Their Plate Number to a Stolen Vehicle

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Entity

Road users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1704
    1 Report

    Kansas Couple Reportedly Stopped Twice in Kansas and Oklahoma After Flock Safety Alerts Linked Their Plate Number to a Stolen Vehicle

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Entity

Drivers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1704
    1 Report

    Kansas Couple Reportedly Stopped Twice in Kansas and Oklahoma After Flock Safety Alerts Linked Their Plate Number to a Stolen Vehicle

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Entity

Flock Safety automated license plate reader system

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1706
    2 Reports

    Milwaukee Police Detective Allegedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Reader 20 Times to Track Two People in Violation of Department Policy

  • Incident 1704
    1 Report

    Kansas Couple Reportedly Stopped Twice in Kansas and Oklahoma After Flock Safety Alerts Linked Their Plate Number to a Stolen Vehicle

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Entity

Automated license plate readers (ALPR)

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1706
    2 Reports

    Milwaukee Police Detective Allegedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Reader 20 Times to Track Two People in Violation of Department Policy

  • Incident 1704
    1 Report

    Kansas Couple Reportedly Stopped Twice in Kansas and Oklahoma After Flock Safety Alerts Linked Their Plate Number to a Stolen Vehicle

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Entity

Lee Nygaard

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1705
    1 Report

    Sedgwick, Kansas, Police Chief Reportedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Readers 228 Times to Track Ex-Girlfriend and Her New Boyfriend

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Entity

Sedgwick Police Department (Kansas)

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1705
    1 Report

    Sedgwick, Kansas, Police Chief Reportedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Readers 228 Times to Track Ex-Girlfriend and Her New Boyfriend

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Entity

Surveillance technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1706
    2 Reports

    Milwaukee Police Detective Allegedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Reader 20 Times to Track Two People in Violation of Department Policy

  • Incident 1705
    1 Report

    Sedgwick, Kansas, Police Chief Reportedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Readers 228 Times to Track Ex-Girlfriend and Her New Boyfriend

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Entity

Lee Nygaard's unnamed former girlfriend

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1705
    1 Report

    Sedgwick, Kansas, Police Chief Reportedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Readers 228 Times to Track Ex-Girlfriend and Her New Boyfriend

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Entity

Unnamed boyfriend of Lee Nygaard's former girlfriend

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1705
    1 Report

    Sedgwick, Kansas, Police Chief Reportedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Readers 228 Times to Track Ex-Girlfriend and Her New Boyfriend

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Entity

Tehrangi Chapman

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1706
    2 Reports

    Milwaukee Police Detective Allegedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Reader 20 Times to Track Two People in Violation of Department Policy

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Entity

Milwaukee Police Department

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1706
    2 Reports

    Milwaukee Police Detective Allegedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Reader 20 Times to Track Two People in Violation of Department Policy

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Entity

Victim three in Tehrangi Chapman investigation

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1706
    2 Reports

    Milwaukee Police Detective Allegedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Reader 20 Times to Track Two People in Violation of Department Policy

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Entity

Victim four in Tehrangi Chapman investigation

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1706
    2 Reports

    Milwaukee Police Detective Allegedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Reader 20 Times to Track Two People in Violation of Department Policy

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Entity

Individuals subjected to unauthorized surveillance

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1706
    2 Reports

    Milwaukee Police Detective Allegedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Reader 20 Times to Track Two People in Violation of Department Policy

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