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Deputies in Cherokee County, Georgia, Allegedly Misused Automated License Plate Reader Data for Non-Law-Enforcement Purposes
- Occurred
- Jun 12, 2026
- Published
- Jun 23, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
An internal audit by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office in Georgia reportedly found that deputies Cynthia Jodesty, Chris Bryant, and Mike Creeden used the agency's automated license plate reader database for non-law-enforcement purposes in violation of policy and state law.
Developers
- Surveillance technology developers
- Flock Safety
Deployers
- Mike Creeden
- Law enforcement
- Cynthia Jodesty
- Chris Bryant
- Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office (Georgia)
Harmed parties
- Unnamed employee of the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office in Georgia
- Privacy
- Law enforcement
- Individuals whose license plate data were accessed for non-law-enforcement purposes
- Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office (Georgia)
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: Deputies misused automated license plate reader data for non-law-enforcement purposes, indicating surveillance system abuse.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8