{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-03T08:37:07.944Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"sedgwick","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"contextual","evidence":"","year":"2023","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":1,"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":"2023-sedgwick-kansas-police-chief-flock-alpr-tracked-ex-girlfriend-and-new-boyfriend-certification-revoked","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'He used Flock cameras to check for his ex-girlfriend’s whereabouts 164 times from June 24 to Oct. 5, 2023, and her new boyfriend’s whereabouts 64 times from Aug. 11 to Oct. 10, 2023, according to the order from the Kansas Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards and Training that revoked his license.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'used Flock license plate readers to run his ex-girlfriend’s tags 164 times between June and October of 2023 and 64 times on her boyfriend’s tag.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the KSCPOST order, the Sedgwick police chief used Flock license-plate readers to check his ex-girlfriend's whereabouts 164 times from 24 June to 5 October 2023 and her new boyfriend's 64 times from 11 August to 10 October 2023.","causal_attribution":"KSCPOST order as reported by two outlets (one chain); the order itself was not inspected."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'and told her to get back to town,'; 'ultimately admitted that jealousy was involved in his decision to do so,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'used a police vehicle to follow his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend outside of city limits.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The order says he also used his police vehicle to follow the two outside Sedgwick and on other occasions to keep tabs on them, confronted the woman and told her to get back to town, and admitted that jealousy was involved after first citing drug issues.","causal_attribution":"KSCPOST order findings as quoted by the Eagle and KAKE."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'admitted to misusing Flock while he was being investigated for an unrelated misconduct case, a Sedgwick official said.'; 'won’t face any charges, but he did lose his police certification.'; 'He resigned Oct. 20, 2023.'; 'did not appear to be sufficient to warrant a criminal investigation'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'certification has been revoked after he used police investigation equipment to keep tabs on his ex-girlfriend.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The chief admitted the Flock misuse while under investigation for an unrelated misconduct case, resigned on 20 October 2023 and lost his police certification; the city administrator said the case did not appear sufficient to warrant a criminal investigation, and he was not charged.","causal_attribution":"City administrator's statements and the KSCPOST action as reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"a woman and her new boyfriend had their vehicles tracked 228 times through police license-plate readers by her ex-boyfriend, the town's police chief, who also followed them and confronted her","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article291059560.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-03 from the Internet Archive capture of 21 July 2026 (Wichita Eagle, 17 August 2024); the live site timed out. Reports the KSCPOST order and interviews the Sedgwick city administrator; the order itself was not read.","independence_group":"kscpost-order-sedgwick-chief"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.kake.com/home/sedgwick-police-chief-tracked-ex-girlfriend-164-times-using-license-plate-cams/article_21fdfdba-5dc5-11ef-95c4-8be8baa3f10c.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-03 from the Internet Archive capture of 6 September 2026 (KAKE, 18 August 2024 per the page metadata); the live site returned HTTP 429. Reports the same KSCPOST order.","independence_group":"kscpost-order-sedgwick-chief"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice","relationships"],"unknowns":["Whether the ex-girlfriend or her boyfriend knew of the tracking at the time, and what effect it had on them; no statement from either is reported.","The unrelated misconduct that prompted the investigation (the city would not say).","The full text of the KSCPOST order."],"geography":{"basis":"The Sedgwick police department and its Flock cameras are in Sedgwick, Kansas, and the order says he followed the two outside Sedgwick (Wichita Eagle, KAKE). The action was a state commission order; no court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"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 state commission order, reported by the Wichita Eagle and KAKE, found that a town police chief tracked his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend through Flock readers 228 times and followed them, and revoked his certification. The former chief, the woman and her boyfriend are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-03"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The KSCPOST revocation order, as reported by the Wichita Eagle and KAKE, says the chief used Flock license-plate readers to run his ex-girlfriend's tags 164 times and her new boyfriend's 64 times, and the city administrator told the Eagle that the chief admitted misusing Flock. The automated readers generated the vehicle-location records about the two people; the searches and the following are recorded as the chief's own acts.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["made_claim_about"]},"name":"Sedgwick, Kansas: the town's police chief ran his ex-girlfriend's plate through Flock license-plate readers 164 times and her new boyfriend's 64 times between June and October 2023 and followed them in his police vehicle, according to the state police-certification commission, which revoked his certification; he resigned in October 2023 and was not charged","summary":"According to an order of the Kansas Commission on Peace Officers' Standards and Training (KSCPOST) reported by the Wichita Eagle and KAKE in August 2024, the police chief of Sedgwick, Kansas, used the city's Flock Safety license-plate readers to check his ex-girlfriend's whereabouts 164 times between 24 June and 5 October 2023 and her new boyfriend's 64 times between 11 August and 10 October 2023, logging reasons such as missing child and drug investigation. The order says he also used his police vehicle to follow the two of them outside Sedgwick and on other occasions to keep tabs on them, and that he confronted the woman and told her to get back to town. He first said he was following them because of drug issues but admitted that jealousy was involved. He was placed on leave in October 2023 over unrelated misconduct allegations, admitted the Flock misuse during that investigation, and resigned on 20 October 2023. KSCPOST revoked his certification. The city administrator said the case did not appear sufficient for a criminal investigation, and no charges were filed. The city later cut back its Flock cameras.","incidentDate":"2023-06-24","incidentEndDate":"2023-10-10","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2024-08-17","aiSystem":"Flock Safety automated license-plate readers operated by the Sedgwick, Kansas, police department, which the chief searched for the plates of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend","aiProduct":"Flock Safety license plate readers","aiCompany":"Flock Safety","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the state police-certification commission's order, a police chief tracked his ex-girlfriend's and her new boyfriend's vehicles through Flock license-plate readers 228 times between June and October 2023, followed them in his police vehicle and confronted the woman (Wichita Eagle, KAKE).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Two people: the ex-girlfriend (164 plate searches) and her new boyfriend (64 plate searches), both followed in the police vehicle, per the KSCPOST order as reported by the Wichita Eagle and KAKE. Exact 2.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-KS","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"regulatory_action","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article291059560.html","primarySourceLabel":"Wichita Eagle, 17 August 2024: Kansas police chief used Flock license plate cameras 164 times to track ex-girlfriend","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-03T03:24:28.947105+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-03T03:24:28.947105+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["flock","alpr","license-plate-reader","police-misuse","stalking","kansas","sedgwick","certification-revoked","made-claim-about"]}]}