S7, E277 - He Used a Police Camera Network to Track His Girlfriend 180 Times
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Flock Safety's automated license plate readers are in over 5,000 communities and used by more than 40,000 cameras nationwide — sold to cities as a tool to catch car thieves and find missing people. But a Washington Post investigation found at least 50 officers accused of misusing the system, most of them to track romantic partners.
This episode covers:
The scale of Flock's network and how warrantless searches are legally justified
Individual abuse cases in Wichita, Milwaukee, and New Bedford
The Texas sheriff's office case tied to reproductive-related searches
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