SurveillanceMedium
Haines City, Florida, Police Officer Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Track Estranged Wife
- Occurred
- Aug 10, 2026
- Published
- Aug 11, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Police officer Christopher Goodson of Haines City, Florida, allegedly used Flock's automated license plate reader records to track his estranged wife's vehicle through 717 searches. Investigators said the searches had no legitimate law-enforcement purpose. He reportedly said he wanted to locate his children while they were with her. He was arrested, and the department announced audits, case-number requirements, and annual training.
Developers
- Surveillance technology developers
- Flock Safety
- Automated license plate reader (ALPR) developers
Deployers
- Stalkers
- Police officers
- Police departments in the United States
- Police departments
- Law enforcement
- Christopher Goodson
Harmed parties
- Women and girls
- Women
- Victims of stalking
- Privacy
- Individuals whose license plate data were accessed for non-law-enforcement purposes
Tags
- response
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Police officer misused surveillance technology to track an individual, constituting unauthorized monitoring.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8