SurveillanceHigh
Milwaukee Police Detective Allegedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Reader 20 Times to Track Two People in Violation of Department Policy
- Occurred
- Jan 10, 2024
- Published
- Jul 8, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
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.
Developers
- Flock Safety
- Automated license plate reader (ALPR) developers
- Surveillance technology developers
Deployers
- Tehrangi Chapman
- Law enforcement
- Police departments in the United States
- Milwaukee Police Department
Harmed parties
- Victim three in Tehrangi Chapman investigation
- Victim four in Tehrangi Chapman investigation
- Individuals subjected to unauthorized surveillance
- Privacy
Tags
- response
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Police officer misused license-plate reader surveillance technology for unauthorized tracking, resulting in criminal charges.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8