{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-04T08:02:04.956Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"polk-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-haines-city-florida-police-officer-flock-alpr-717-searches-estranged-wife-vehicle-arrest","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'used the database 717 times between September 2024 and June 2026 to check the locations of a vehicle belonging to his estranged wife'; 'used a database of Flock camera recordings to follow his wife’s location'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'made 717 inquiries on the Flock camera platform into his estranged wife'; 'misused the Flock camera databases both on and off duty'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'into the Flock database 717 times between Sept. 1, 2024, and June 30, 2026'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"According to the arrest affidavit, the officer made 717 inquiries on the Flock camera platform into his estranged wife's vehicle between 1 September 2024 and 30 June 2026, both on and off duty, to check its locations.","causal_attribution":"The arrest affidavit and the department's release, relayed by three outlets; not independent support. The officer is charged, not convicted."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'searched the vehicle several times on the database to keep track of his children'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'using it to keep track of his children'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the affidavit, the officer told a lieutenant that he had searched the vehicle several times on the database to keep track of his children's location when they were with his wife.","causal_attribution":"The officer's own explanation as recorded in the affidavit."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'a text message on Aug. 10 saying that the Washington Post had contacted her'; 'command staff were notified of possible misuse of the database'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The affidavit says that on 10 August 2026 the woman sent the officer a text message saying that the Washington Post had contacted her and planned to write an article on his misuse of the Flock database to follow her location; command staff were notified of possible misuse at about 6:30 p.m. that day and opened a criminal investigation.","causal_attribution":"The Ledger's account of the affidavit and release; the affidavit does not say how the newspaper learned of the searches."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'one count of offenses against users of computers, computer systems, computer networks and electronic devices and one count of official misconduct'; 'indicated his intent to resign as a result of the investigation'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'The officer was placed on paid administrative leave, arrested on two counts, and plans to resign from the department.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The officer, with the department since March 2022, was placed on paid administrative leave, charged with one count of offenses against users of computers, computer systems, computer networks and electronic devices and one count of official misconduct, and indicated that he intended to resign.","causal_attribution":"The department's news release; no court record was inspected."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'I have mandated additional steps to be taken quarterly'; 'do not plan to discontinue their use of Flock cameras'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The police chief said he had mandated additional quarterly steps to make sure staff access investigative databases for legitimate purposes, and the department said it did not plan to stop using Flock cameras.","causal_attribution":"The chief's statement and the department's position as reported by FOX 13."}],"effects":[{"label":"her vehicle's location searched 717 times by her estranged husband, a police officer, on the Flock license-plate-reader platform","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.theledger.com/story/news/crime/2026/08/11/haines-city-officer-charged-with-using-system-to-track-estranged-wife-polk-county-florida/91261246007/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-04 from the eu.theledger.com edition of the same article (11 August 2026). Rests on the arrest affidavit and the department's news release.","independence_group":"haines-city-pd-release-affidavit"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.fox13news.com/news/haines-city-officer-arrested-misusing-flock-cameras-track-estranged-wife-officials","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-04 (live; FOX 13 Tampa Bay, 11 August 2026). States that its information came from the department's press release, the arrest affidavit and the chief's statement.","independence_group":"haines-city-pd-release-affidavit"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.live5news.com/2026/08/18/officer-accused-misusing-flock-cameras-track-estranged-ex-wife-more-than-700-times-police-say/","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-04 (live; WWSB via Gray News, 18 August 2026). Relays the affidavit figures as reported by People and the department's release.","independence_group":"haines-city-pd-release-affidavit"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice","relationships"],"unknowns":["Whether the woman has described any effect of the searches on her.","The exact arrest date, the court handling the charges and any outcome.","Whether the resignation took effect.","How the Washington Post learned of the searches."],"geography":{"basis":"The officer served with the Haines City Police Department in Polk County, Florida, which investigated and charged him (The Ledger; FOX 13). The woman's residence is not stated; affected_person_countries US rests on her vehicle being searched on the Haines City department's Flock platform. The charges were brought in Florida.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an institutional privacy and safety case, consistent with the held Flock officer-misuse rows: an arrest affidavit and police news release, reported by The Ledger and FOX 13, say a Haines City police officer searched his estranged wife's vehicle 717 times on the Flock license-plate-reader platform, and he has been charged. The automated readers generated the plate-read records; the misuse is recorded as a human act. Neither the officer nor the woman is named here.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-04"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The arrest affidavit, as reported by The Ledger and FOX 13, says the officer made 717 inquiries on the Flock camera platform into his estranged wife's vehicle. The Ledger describes Flock cameras as automated license plate readers that capture plates, vehicle type, color and other identifying features and organize them into a searchable system. The plate-read records about the woman's vehicle were the system's output; the searches 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":"Haines City, Florida: a police officer is charged after his arrest affidavit says he searched his estranged wife's vehicle 717 times on the Flock license-plate-reader platform between September 2024 and June 2026","summary":"According to an arrest affidavit and a Haines City Police Department news release reported by The Ledger and FOX 13 Tampa Bay, a Haines City police officer made 717 inquiries on the Flock camera platform into his estranged wife's vehicle between 1 September 2024 and 30 June 2026, on and off duty. He told a lieutenant that he had searched the vehicle to keep track of his children's location when they were with her. Command staff were notified of possible misuse on 10 August 2026; the affidavit says the woman had texted him that day that the Washington Post had contacted her about an article on his use of the Flock database. The officer was placed on paid administrative leave, charged with one count of offenses against users of computers and one count of official misconduct, and said he intended to resign. The police chief said he had ordered additional quarterly checks on database access.","incidentDate":"2024-09-01","incidentEndDate":"2026-06-30","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-08-11","aiSystem":"Flock Safety automated license-plate-reader camera platform used by the Haines City Police Department, which the officer searched through his police access (arrest affidavit and police news release, as reported by The Ledger and FOX 13)","aiProduct":"Flock Safety license plate readers","aiCompany":"Flock Safety","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the arrest affidavit, the woman's vehicle was searched 717 times on the Flock license-plate-reader platform by her estranged husband, a police officer, over nearly two years, on and off duty; he is charged with a computer offence and official misconduct.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the officer's estranged wife, whose vehicle was searched (arrest affidavit via The Ledger, FOX 13 and Live 5 News). The children the officer mentioned are not counted: no harm to them is reported. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-FL","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.theledger.com/story/news/crime/2026/08/11/haines-city-officer-charged-with-using-system-to-track-estranged-wife-polk-county-florida/91261246007/","primarySourceLabel":"The Ledger, 11 August 2026: Haines City officer charged with using system to track estranged wife","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-04T03:25:42.040756+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:25:42.040756+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["flock","alpr","license-plate-reader","police-misuse","estranged-spouse","florida","haines-city","polk-county","made-claim-about"]}]}