{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-03T07:54:49.560Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"fort-bend-county","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2024","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-katy-texas-former-police-officer-flock-alpr-tracked-ex-wife-stalking-indictment","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Flock license plate reader system to track his ex-wife between November 2024 and April 2025.'; 'placing a tracking device on his ex-wife’s vehicle.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'allegedly tracked his ex-wife'; 'location using Flock cameras and placed a tracking device on her vehicle, according to court records obtained by Houston Public Media.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Court documents stated it all started on or about November 2, 2024, and continued through April 2, 2025.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Two Fort Bend County indictments accuse a former Katy police officer of using the Katy Police Department's Flock license-plate-reader system to track his ex-wife between November 2024 and April 2025; the stalking indictment also accuses him of placing a tracking device on her vehicle.","causal_attribution":"Indictment allegations as reported; he has pleaded not guilty and no court has ruled."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Prosecutors allege the conduct caused his ex-wife to feel harassed, annoyed, alarmed, abused, tormented, embarrassed or offended.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The stalking indictment alleges that the conduct caused his ex-wife to feel harassed, annoyed, alarmed, abused, tormented, embarrassed or offended.","causal_attribution":"Allegation in the indictment, framed in the language of the stalking statute; the ex-wife's own account was not reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'first filed a formal complaint against him in October, alleging he was tracking her whereabouts.'; 'he was fired from the department and criminally charged after an investigation with the Fort Bend County District Attorney'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'had misused the Flock system to run his ex-wife'; 'Ironically, the Flock camera system that was abused is the same system that was used to bring formal charges against the officer.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'contacted the department in October 2025 and reported that she believed he was somehow tracking her whereabouts.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the Katy Police Department, his ex-wife complained in October 2025 that she believed he was tracking her whereabouts, and its investigation found he had misused the Flock system to run her vehicle's license plate; he was suspended, fired and referred to the Fort Bend County District Attorney.","causal_attribution":"Department statements as relayed by the outlets."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'is charged with stalking and misuse of official information, both third-degree felonies, according to Fort Bend County court records.'; 'from using law enforcement databases such as Flock license plate readers.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'has since pleaded not guilty.'; 'was released on a $30,000 bond by the end of the month under the condition he would have no contact with his ex-wife.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"He is charged with two third-degree felonies, stalking and misuse of official information; he was arrested in May 2026, released on bond with conditions barring contact with his ex-wife and use of law-enforcement databases such as Flock, and has pleaded not guilty.","causal_attribution":"Court records as reported; the defendant denies the charges."}],"effects":[{"label":"a woman's location was allegedly tracked by her ex-husband, a police officer, through police license-plate readers and a tracking device on her vehicle","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the indictment alleges the tracking caused her to feel harassed, alarmed and tormented","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2026/08/25/former-katy-police-officer-accused-of-using-flock-cameras-tracking-device-to-stalk-ex-wife/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-10-03 (KPRC 2/Click2Houston, 25 August 2026, updated 30 September 2026). Reports the two indictments and bond conditions from Fort Bend County court records, plus Katy police statements.","independence_group":"katy-fort-bend-court-records"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/police/2026/08/25/560301/flock-cameras-katy-police-officer/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-10-03 (Houston Public Media, 25 August 2026). Reports court records it obtained and a Katy police spokesperson's statement; treated as the same chain as KPRC 2 because both rest on the same court records and department statements.","independence_group":"katy-fort-bend-court-records"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://abc13.com/post/former-katy-police-officer-terminated-misusing-flock-cameras-track-ex-wife-months-pd-says/19735902/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-10-03 (ABC13 Houston, 25 August 2026). Relays the Katy Police Department release in full.","independence_group":"katy-fort-bend-court-records"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.fox26houston.com/news/former-katy-police-officer-charged-stalking-misuse-official-information-involving-flock-camera","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-10-03 (FOX 26 Houston, 25 August 2026). Relays the Katy Police Department release and court documents.","independence_group":"katy-fort-bend-court-records"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice","relationships"],"unknowns":["How many Flock searches were made and what the location records showed.","Whether the ex-wife was confronted or contacted using the tracked locations.","The outcome of the criminal cases."],"geography":{"basis":"The Katy Police Department's Flock system is in Katy, Texas, and the charges are in Fort Bend County court records (KPRC 2, Houston Public Media). The ex-wife's place of residence is not stated beyond the complaint to the Katy Police Department.","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: two Fort Bend County indictments, reported from court records by KPRC 2 and Houston Public Media and confirmed by the Katy Police Department's release, accuse a former officer of tracking his ex-wife through the department's Flock readers and a tracking device. The charges are allegations and he has pleaded not guilty. The officer and his ex-wife are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-03"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The indictments as reported by KPRC 2 and Houston Public Media accuse the former officer of using the Katy Police Department's Flock license-plate-reader system to track his ex-wife's location, and the Katy Police Department says its investigation found he ran her vehicle's plate in the Flock system. The automated readers generated the vehicle-location records about her car; the searches are recorded as the officer's own acts. The stalking indictment also alleges a separate tracking device, which is not treated as AI.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["made_claim_about"]},"name":"Katy, Texas: a former police officer is indicted in Fort Bend County on felony stalking and misuse of official information, accused of using the Katy Police Department's Flock license-plate readers to track his ex-wife's location between November 2024 and April 2025 and of placing a tracking device on her vehicle; he was fired and has pleaded not guilty","summary":"A former Katy Police Department officer faces two third-degree felony indictments in Fort Bend County, Texas, for stalking and misuse of official information, according to court records reported by KPRC 2 and Houston Public Media (25 August 2026). Prosecutors accuse him of using the department's Flock license-plate-reader system to track his ex-wife's location on more than one occasion between November 2024 and April 2025, and the stalking indictment also accuses him of placing a tracking device on her vehicle; it alleges the conduct caused her to feel harassed, alarmed and tormented. The Katy Police Department says the ex-wife complained in October 2025 that she believed he was tracking her whereabouts, that its investigation found he had misused the Flock system to run her plate, and that he was suspended, fired and referred to the Fort Bend County District Attorney. He was arrested in May 2026, released on bond with conditions barring contact with her and use of tracking devices and law-enforcement databases, and has pleaded not guilty. The department says the same Flock system that was abused was used to bring the charges.","incidentDate":"2024-11-01","incidentEndDate":"2025-04-02","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-08-25","aiSystem":"Flock Safety automated license-plate-reader system used by the Katy Police Department, which the former officer is accused of searching to track his ex-wife's vehicle","aiProduct":"Flock Safety license plate readers","aiCompany":"Flock Safety","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Prosecutors allege a former Katy police officer tracked his ex-wife's location through the department's Flock license-plate readers and a tracking device on her vehicle for about five months, causing her to feel harassed, alarmed and tormented (indictment as reported by KPRC 2); he has pleaded not guilty.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the former officer's ex-wife, named in the indictments as the person tracked (KPRC 2, Houston Public Media). Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-TX","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/police/2026/08/25/560301/flock-cameras-katy-police-officer/","primarySourceLabel":"Houston Public Media, 25 August 2026: Former Katy officer faces charges after allegedly using Flock cameras to track ex-wife","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-03T03:24:36.254118+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-03T03:24:36.254118+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["flock","alpr","license-plate-reader","police-misuse","stalking","texas","katy","fort-bend-county","criminal-charges","made-claim-about"]}]}