"To provide the most detailed accounting to date of unauthorized access, including two incidents that have not been previously reported, The Post interviewed police or city officials in eight states and three former Flock employees who worked on technical issues. The Post also analyzed Flock software logs released in response to public records requests, court documents, police records and officials’ statements.
The 11 incidents of unauthorized access tallied by The Post reveal how easily users could gain or retain access to Flock’s data. In four of the cases, officers were able to keep using their log-ins to Flock after leaving the force or while serving a suspension, because their accounts were not shut off. In six of the cases, police shared log-ins or passwords with active law enforcement officers from other agencies, in what officials later deemed violations of state laws, department policies or Flock contracts.
Prosecutor Ryan Mears of Marion County, Indiana, announces Sept. 23 that his office has charged five Indianapolis officers over allegations of Flock camera misuse. (Ryan Murphy/IndyStar)
In Indianapolis, a police recruit who was not authorized to access Flock was able to use the tool for more than two years after a more senior officer opened it on the more junior officer’s laptop and didn’t log out. The junior officer, Matthew Binford, used his colleague’s credentials to search his estranged wife’s license plate more than 1,000 times over a 12-month period, according to a court affidavit. Prosecutors criminally charged Binford and four other Indianapolis officers last month, after an August inquiry from The Post prompted an agencywide audit by the city’s police department."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/10/21/their-police-jobs-ended-they-kept-using-flocks-vast-surveillance-network/
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