San Jose officer fired for misusing Flock camera database in domestic abuse case
- A San Jose police officer was fired for using his department’s Flock license plate tracking system to share the location of a woman with the suspect accused of abusing her, Chief Paul Joseph told NBC Bay Area on Friday.
- The firing marks another in a growing number of cases of misuse of a controversial surveillance technology that has expanded rapidly over the last several years.
- The officer accessed Flock camera data last year without authorization on his personal phone for the vehicle of a woman allegedly abused by one of the officer’s family members, then sent that information to his cousin, a
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- A San Jose police officer was fired for using his department’s Flock license plate tracking system to share the location of a woman with the suspect accused of abusing her, Chief Paul Joseph told NBC Bay Area on Friday.
- The firing marks another in a growing number of cases of misuse of a controversial surveillance technology that has expanded rapidly over the last several years.
- The officer accessed Flock camera data last year without authorization on his personal phone for the vehicle of a woman allegedly abused by one of the officer’s family members, then sent that information to his cousin, a
Sources: Guardian