Robert Keim Prison Systems Own Investigator Charged Over Flock Cameras
The short version: A Georgia prison system investigator got caught misusing Flock cameras by his own agency's audit — the 12th Georgia officer charged in just 58 days.
Our Take
Credit to OhDangReally for tracking this one down: a Special Agent in Charge at the Georgia Department of Corrections — a man literally paid to investigate wrongdoing — allegedly turned Flock's license plate network into his own personal lookup tool. The fact that it took an internal audit to catch him is the only silver lining here, but it also raises an obvious question: how many more go unaudited?
This isn't an isolated bad apple story anymore. Twelve Georgia officers charged in 58 days is a pattern, not a fluke. Flock's entire sales pitch rests on "trust us, it's audited," but audits only catch what they're built to look for, and they happen after the misuse, not before it. Every one of these cases is a reminder that the data exists whether or not anyone's watching it responsibly, and that access to it is far easier to abuse than vendors admit.
If a prison system's own top investigator can't resist running plates for reasons that have nothing to do with his job, nobody should assume their local department is any different. Check our map to see what's watching in your area, and visit take action if you want to push back on unchecked ALPR access before your town becomes the next case file.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of OhDangReally, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.