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Council pauses Flock camera purchase after an officer's alleged misuse
After a former Amarillo police officer allegedly ran license-plate (Flock) searches for a person unconnected to any case, council pauses a Flock camera purchase to set policy. Data retention is later cut from 30 days to 7, with required supervisor reviews.[1][2]
What the sources say
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A former Amarillo police officer was charged with 78 counts over alleged misuse of Flock license-plate camera searches (reported as ~76 searches for a person unconnected to a case).
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In response, Flock camera data retention was cut from 30 days to 7, with required supervisor reviews and 3-day investigation of AI-flagged searches.[2]
- Retention days before
- 30
- Retention days after
- 7