Stop me if you've heard this one before, but a cop was just busted for allegedly using Flock to stalk someone for personal reasons.
Shocking, I know!
A lesbian cop in New Bedford, Massachusetts, was apparently using the Flock cameras (which we are constantly told are only used to read license plates of dangerous criminals), to stalk her former lesbian lover.
More from NBC Boston:
New Bedford Police Officer Emily Pacheco stood by her attorney at a protective order extension hearing on Thursday in court. Pacheco's former girlfriend says the police officer was stalking her after their break up -- even using the police department's Flock Safety license plate reader cameras to track her vehicle.
The former girlfriend testified that police told her Pacheco was tracking her vehicle using Flock Safety cameras and it made her feel like she was being followed.
Pacheco was placed on leave after an internal investigation.
The department has also temporarily paused use of the Flock camera system while they are evaluating the situation.
Flock CEO and founder Garrett Langley, however, doesn't seem to be bothered by these cases of "misuse" by bad cops.
Flock Safety on Thursday announced new safeguards to combat police misuse. CEO and Founder Garrett Langley said in a video statement that, from day one they built accountability into their technology.
'We knew that abuse was a risk nine years ago which is why we mandated every customer had to have an audit log,' Langley said.
He said they recently updated the system to help identify potential mis-use in that audit log: 'We are finding bad cops and holding them accountable.'
Is ... is Langley trying to tell us that this system is actually good because it helps expose rotten cops by tempting them into stalking people? Because that's sort of what that statement sounds like!
Another recent statement by Langley, however, leads one to believe that he isn't too worried about the "misuse" of his tech.
Flock CEO Garrett Langley has spent months under pressure as documented cases of police misusing his company's license plate reader network have multiplied. In an Aug. 13 USA Today interview, he reached for an analogy to describe it:
'It is, a cop checks his daughter's boyfriend's criminal record. It is, a cop checks ex-partner's location.'
It's just like checking out your daughter's boyfriend to make sure he's not a thug!
So go ahead, stalk the pretty lady! Stalk your ex!
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