SurveillanceMedium
Stow, Massachusetts, Police Officer Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Track Former Romantic Partner
- Occurred
- Jun 18, 2026
- Published
- Aug 17, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A Stow, Massachusetts, police officer allegedly used Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader system and other law-enforcement databases to obtain information about a former romantic partner and track her movements. The woman said she had fled an abusive relationship and later obtained a restraining order. An internal investigation found repeated searches without legitimate law-enforcement reasons, and the department ended its Flock contract.
Developers
- Flock Safety
- Automated license plate reader (ALPR) developers
- Surveillance technology developers
Deployers
- Jason Rogers
- Stow Police Department (Massachusetts)
- Police departments in the United States
- Law enforcement
- Stalkers
Harmed parties
- Victims of stalking
- Privacy
- Women and girls
- Women
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Police officer misused automated license plate reader system for personal stalking, constituting unauthorized surveillance.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8