{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-04T08:04:56.262Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"coffee-county","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"contextual","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":0,"contextualRelations":1,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2024-coffee-county-georgia-former-deputy-flock-alpr-tracked-woman-stalking-indictment","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'knowingly requested, used, and obtained captured license plate data for purposes outside of law enforcement'; 'followed, tracked, and surveilled a woman across multiple locations in Coffee County without her consent'; 'The indictment alleges several of the incidents happened between April 10, 2024, and May 1, 2024.'; 'Flock camera and tag reader system'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The indictment, as reported from court documents, alleges a former Coffee County deputy obtained captured license plate data for purposes including stalking, used the sheriff's office Flock camera and tag reader system in a personal and unlawful manner, and followed, tracked and surveilled a woman across multiple locations in Coffee County without her consent to harass and intimidate her; several incidents are alleged between 10 April and 1 May 2024.","causal_attribution":"Indictment allegations as reported; no plea or court ruling was found."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Flock Law Enforcement Camera System, Tag Reader System and the Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) database for personal reasons rather than legitimate law enforcement purposes.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'One count of Prohibited Use of Captured License Plate Data'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'one count of prohibited use of captured license plate data and one count of stalking.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Investigators allege the former deputy used the sheriff's office Flock Law Enforcement Camera System, its tag reader system and the Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) database for personal reasons rather than law-enforcement purposes; he is charged with four counts of violation of oath, two counts of computer invasion of privacy, one count of prohibited use of captured license plate data and one count of stalking.","causal_attribution":"Investigators' allegations and the charges as announced; the charges have not been tried."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'This is terrifying and humiliating'; 'after waiting two years for the investigation to be completed, I just want to move forward.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The woman, speaking to WALB on condition of anonymity, said the experience was terrifying and humiliating and that she had waited two years for the investigation to be completed.","causal_attribution":"The woman's own account to WALB; she attributes the experience to the deputy's conduct as a whole, which includes but is not limited to the license-plate searches."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'began after a woman reported allegations of stalking and other misconduct nearly two years ago.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Former Sheriff Doyle Wooten reportedly requested the GBI to independently investigate the public allegations in 2024.'; 'was terminated from his position when that investigation began'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'released on bond on May 5. He is scheduled to appear for arraignment on May 27 in Coffee County Superior Court.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The investigation began after a woman reported stalking allegations about two years before the May 2026 arrest; the then-sheriff asked the GBI to investigate in 2024, and the deputy was fired when the investigation began. He was arrested and released on bond on 5 May 2026, with arraignment set for 27 May 2026.","causal_attribution":"Sheriff's office statements and jail and court records as reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"a woman was allegedly followed, tracked and surveilled across the county by a sheriff's deputy using captured license-plate data from the office's Flock camera system","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the woman told a local station the experience was terrifying and humiliating","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.walb.com/2026/05/08/former-coffee-co-deputy-accused-tracking-woman-through-law-enforcement-systems/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-10-04 (WALB, 8 May 2026). Reports the indictment from court documents and carries the woman's written statements to WALB, given on condition of anonymity.","independence_group":"coffee-county-indictment-ccso"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.walb.com/2026/05/05/former-coffee-county-deputy-arrested-invasion-privacy-charges-following-gbi-investigation/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-10-04 (WALB, 5 May 2026). Relays the Coffee County Sheriff's Office announcement of the arrest and the charges.","independence_group":"coffee-county-indictment-ccso"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/coffee-county-deputy-arrested-alleged-stalking-misuse-databases","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-10-04 (FOX 5 Atlanta, 11 May 2026). States that its information came from the Coffee County Sheriff's Office press release; same chain as WALB.","independence_group":"coffee-county-indictment-ccso"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["How many Flock or tag-reader searches the deputy is accused of running and what they showed.","The woman's relationship to the deputy, if any.","The outcome of the criminal case after the scheduled 27 May 2026 arraignment."],"geography":{"basis":"The stalking count alleges the woman was tracked across multiple locations in Coffee County, Georgia, and the case is in Coffee County Superior Court (WALB).","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a contextual case (made_claim_about) consistent with earlier officer-misuse rows for Flock license-plate readers: a Coffee County grand jury indictment, reported from court documents by WALB and confirmed in the sheriff's office release relayed by WALB and FOX 5 Atlanta, charges a former deputy with prohibited use of captured license plate data and with stalking a woman he allegedly tracked across the county. The charges are allegations. The deputy and the woman are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-04"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The indictment, as reported by WALB from court documents, alleges the former deputy used the Coffee County Sheriff's Office Flock Law Enforcement Camera System and tag reader system in a personal and unlawful manner and obtained captured license plate data for purposes including stalking; one count charges prohibited use of captured license plate data (WALB, FOX 5 Atlanta). The automated readers produced the plate records; the searches and their purpose are recorded as the deputy's own acts. He is also accused of using the GCIC database, which is not treated as AI. The sources do not describe the readers as AI.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["made_claim_about"]},"name":"Coffee County, Georgia: a former sheriff's deputy is indicted on stalking and license-plate-data charges, accused of using the sheriff's office Flock camera and tag-reader systems to track a woman across the county in 2024; she says the experience was terrifying and humiliating","summary":"A former Coffee County Sheriff's Office deputy was arrested on 5 May 2026 on an eight-count Coffee County grand jury indictment after a Georgia Bureau of Investigation inquiry, according to WALB and FOX 5 Atlanta. The charges include one count of prohibited use of captured license plate data and one count of stalking. Investigators allege he used the sheriff's office Flock Law Enforcement Camera System, its tag reader system and the state GCIC database for personal reasons. The indictment, as reported by WALB from court documents, alleges he obtained captured license plate data for purposes including stalking and that he followed, tracked and surveilled a woman across multiple locations in Coffee County without her consent to harass and intimidate her; several incidents are alleged between 10 April and 1 May 2024. The woman, who asked WALB not to name her, said the experience was terrifying and humiliating and that she had waited two years for the investigation. The then-sheriff asked the GBI to investigate in 2024, and the deputy was fired when the inquiry began. He was released on bond on 5 May 2026 and was due for arraignment on 27 May.","incidentDate":"2024-04-01","incidentEndDate":"2024-05-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-05-05","aiSystem":"Flock Safety automated license-plate-reader camera system and a tag reader system used by the Coffee County Sheriff's Office, which the former deputy is accused of using to track a woman","aiProduct":"Flock Safety license plate readers","aiCompany":"Flock Safety","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A Coffee County indictment, as reported by WALB, alleges a former deputy used the sheriff's office Flock camera and tag-reader systems to obtain license-plate data and followed, tracked and surveilled a woman across the county to harass and intimidate her; the woman told WALB the experience was terrifying and humiliating. The charges are pending.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the woman the stalking count alleges was followed, tracked and surveilled, who spoke to WALB anonymously (WALB, 8 May 2026). 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