{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-04T09:47:39.761Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"iredell-county","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"contextual","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":1,"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":"2026-mooresville-north-carolina-police-officer-flock-alpr-tracked-boyfriends-ex-wife-charged","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'conducting an audit of its Flock license plate reader system when it discovered'; 'accessed the system 31 times for personal use'; 'to find information and track her boyfriend'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'logged in 31 times to track and gather information on her boyfriend'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'an audit the department conducts each month of the Flock camera system'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'allegedly misusing the department’s Flock safety camera system for personal gain'","relation":"context","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"A Mooresville police officer accessed the department's Flock license-plate-reader system 31 times for personal use, to find information about and track her boyfriend's ex-wife; the department found the searches during an audit of the system.","causal_attribution":"The account rests on the police chief's press conference and the department's statement; all outlets relay that one origin, so it stays reported. The charge has not been tried."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'At least twice she accessed these cameras while she was off-duty'; 'listed most of the 31 trackings as motor vehicle infractions'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'listed 29 of her 31 searches as'; 'with the other two logged as burglary or robbery'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'is accused of inventing reasons for the search, such as traffic violations, burglary or robbery'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'was also not truthful about why she accessed the LPR data'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the chief, she accessed the cameras at least twice while off duty and entered false reasons for the searches, listing most of them (29 of 31, per WBTV) as motor vehicle infractions and the rest as burglary or robbery; the department said she was not truthful about why she accessed the data.","causal_attribution":"The chief's and the department's account."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'was charged Aug. 5, 2026, with accessing computers, a misdemeanor'; 'Court records show she was released on a $5,000 bond.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'was arrested while on duty, charged with computer access violations, and given a $5,000 secured bond'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'was arrested and charged Wednesday with accessing computers'; 'is due in court on Aug. 27'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"She was arrested on 5 August 2026 and charged with accessing computers, a misdemeanor, and was released on a $5,000 bond; ABC News reported a court date of 27 August 2026.","causal_attribution":"Charge from the department's statement; bond from court records as reported by WLOS. No court record was inspected."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'who was hired in January 2025'; 'remains employed by the department as of this writing'; 'any final decision regarding her termination is up to human resources'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"WBTV reported on 7 August 2026 that the officer, hired in January 2025, remained employed by the department and that the chief said any termination decision rested with human resources.","causal_attribution":"WBTV's report as of 7 August; later reports headlined as a dismissal could not be read."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'looking at 10 other potential misuse cases'; 'will be required to attach a case number to show why they are using the cameras'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'three “look like they could be problematic”'; 'Officers must now link an active case number and answer additional prompts every time they use the system.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The chief said the department was reviewing 10 other potential misuse cases, three of which looked problematic, and that officers must now link a case number to each search and answer additional prompts.","causal_attribution":"The chief's statements at the press conference."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Any misuse is unacceptable and responsible technology should help bring it to light'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Flock Safety said in a statement that any misuse is unacceptable.","causal_attribution":"Flock Safety's statement to ABC News."}],"effects":[{"label":"movements allegedly tracked by a police officer through 31 searches of police license-plate-reader records","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://abcnews.com/US/officer-allegedly-flock-license-plate-cameras-track-boyfriends/story?id=135418955","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-04 (live; Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 6 August 2026). Reports the chief's press conference of Wednesday 5 August. ABC11 and WWAY carry the same text and are not cited separately.","independence_group":"mooresville-pd-chief-press-conference"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://wlos.com/news/local/north-carolina-police-officer-charged-license-plate-reader-misuse-mooresville-state-budget-program-expanded-roads","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-04 (live; Kelly Doty, WLOS, 7 August 2026). Relays the Mooresville Police Department's statement and the ABC News quote of the chief; adds a court-record detail (bond).","independence_group":"mooresville-pd-chief-press-conference"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://lawandcrime.com/crime/i-dont-think-we-are-done-yet-cop-allegedly-used-license-plate-reader-cameras-to-spy-on-boyfriends-ex-wife-more-than-30-times-and-she-might-not-be-the-only-one/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-04 (live; David Harris, Law&Crime, 7 August 2026). Its own account of the chief's press conference.","independence_group":"mooresville-pd-chief-press-conference"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.wbtv.com/2026/08/07/another-log-fire-mooresville-chief-slams-officer-after-alleged-flock-camera-misuse-arrest/","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-04 (live; WBTV, 7 August 2026). Its own account of the chief's 5 August press conference, with the search-reason breakdown and employment status as of that day.","independence_group":"mooresville-pd-chief-press-conference"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.wbtv.com/2026/08/06/mooresville-police-officer-accused-misusing-flock-safety-cameras/","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-04 (live; WBTV, 6 August 2026). Arrest-day report of the chief's statements and resident reactions.","independence_group":"mooresville-pd-chief-press-conference"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice","relationships"],"unknowns":["When the 31 searches took place (WBTV reports the officer was hired in January 2025) and what they returned.","Whether the ex-wife was told of the searches or experienced further consequences.","The outcome of the 27 August 2026 court date and of the charge.","Whether the officer was later dismissed; reports headlined as a dismissal (QC News, NewsNation) could not be read.","The findings of the review of 10 other potential misuse cases."],"geography":{"basis":"The officer served with the Mooresville Police Department in North Carolina and searched its Flock system; she was booked into the Iredell County Jail and charged in North Carolina (ABC News, WLOS). The ex-wife's residence is not stated; affected_person_countries US rests on the ex-wife's movements being tracked through the Mooresville department's North Carolina camera system.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a contextual case (made_claim_about) consistent with the held Flock officer-misuse rows: the Mooresville police chief says an officer searched the department's Flock license-plate-reader system 31 times to track her boyfriend's ex-wife, and she is charged with accessing computers. The tracking account is an allegation. The officer is not named here, and no source names the ex-wife.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-04"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Mooresville police chief says the officer accessed the department's Flock license-plate-reader system 31 times to find information about and track her boyfriend's ex-wife, and the department found the searches in its audit of that system (ABC News, WBTV, Law&Crime, WLOS). The automated readers capture vehicle information such as plates, car types and dates (ABC News); the location records retrieved about the ex-wife are the system's output, and the searches and their purpose are recorded as the officer's own acts. The sources do not describe the readers as AI.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["made_claim_about"]},"name":"Mooresville, North Carolina: a police officer is accused of searching the department's Flock license-plate-reader system 31 times to track her boyfriend's ex-wife; charged in August 2026 with accessing computers","summary":"According to Mooresville Police Chief Ron Campurciani, a monthly audit of the department's Flock license-plate-reader system found that one of its officers had accessed the system 31 times for personal use, to find information about and track the movements of her boyfriend's ex-wife. The chief said she accessed the cameras at least twice while off duty and logged most of the searches as motor vehicle infractions, and the department said she was not truthful about why she accessed the data. She was arrested on 5 August 2026 and charged with accessing computers, a misdemeanor, and court records show she was released on a $5,000 bond. The chief said the department was reviewing 10 other potential misuse cases and now requires officers to link an active case number to every search. The charge is an allegation.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-08-06","aiSystem":"Flock Safety automated license-plate-reader camera system of the Mooresville Police Department, North Carolina, which the officer searched through her police access (police chief, as reported by ABC News, WBTV and Law&Crime)","aiProduct":"Flock Safety license plate readers","aiCompany":"Flock Safety","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Mooresville police chief, a police officer used the department's Flock license-plate-reader system 31 times to find information about and track her boyfriend's ex-wife; the officer is charged with a misdemeanor and the allegation has not been tried.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the boyfriend's ex-wife, whom the chief says the officer tracked through the Flock system (ABC News, WBTV, Law&Crime). Exact 1. The 10 other potential misuse cases under review are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-NC","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://abcnews.com/US/officer-allegedly-flock-license-plate-cameras-track-boyfriends/story?id=135418955","primarySourceLabel":"ABC News, 6 August 2026: Officer allegedly used Flock license plate cameras to track boyfriend's ex-wife: Police chief","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-04T03:25:34.723799+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:25:34.723799+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["flock","alpr","license-plate-reader","police-misuse","north-carolina","mooresville","iredell-county","criminal-charges","made-claim-about"]}]}