Incident #1689
Fort Bend County, Texas, Sheriff's Office Lieutenant Reportedly Used Flock Safety License-Plate Reader System for 189 Non-Law-Enforcement Searches
Description
From January 2022 through December 2025, a Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office lieutenant in Texas reportedly used Flock Safety's license-plate reader system to search two vehicle plates 189 times and admitted the searches were unrelated to official law-enforcement work. A resident alleged stalking and feared for their family's safety. Internal affairs found department-order violations and imposed a two-day suspension.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- law-enforcement
- fort-bend-county-sheriff's-office-(texas)
- stalkers
Alleged Developers
- surveillance-technology-developers
- flock-safety
- automated-license-plate-reader-(alpr)-developers
Harmed Parties
- privacy
- individuals-whose-license-plate-data-were-accessed-for-non-law-enforcement-purposes