Police departments in the East and West Valley this week have unveiled internal investigations into officer misuse of AI surveillance technology used to track license plates.
The Goodyear and Apache Junction police departments are more than 50 miles apart. Yet both headquarters recently revealed internal action related to license plate readers made by the company Flock.
In Goodyear, an officer is under criminal investigation in connection with a potential department policy violation that was found during a regular audit of the Flock system.
In Apache Junction, an officer resigned after investigators said he used Flock technology to find a family member.
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, Chandler and Tempe police departments all within the past week have said they plan to discontinue use of Flock cameras.
Tempe officials say the city will seek a new license plate reader vendor in the near future.
