A Georgia Cop Used Flock to Track 2 Other Cops: His Ex and Her Friend
An investigation into an Alpharetta, Georgia police officer who misused the Flock surveillance system to track a former romantic partner. The report highlights broader concerns regarding the potential for police abuse of high-tech tracking tools.
Why it matters
It raises critical questions about privacy, police accountability, and the ethical implications of widespread surveillance technology.
Now, with documents obtained via a public records request, WIRED can reveal specific details about one extensive Flock-fueled surveillance campaign and the subsequent investigation and fallout.
Dustin Bozzo, who until this month worked as a patrolman in the Atlanta-area suburb of Alpharetta, Georgia, allegedly used Flock 56 times between March and May to search for the license plate of a former romantic partner—a fellow member of the Alpharetta Police Department. (Their relationship itself violated the city’s ban on workplace dating, documents show.) When Bozzo noticed that his ex’s car was often near that of another police officer, he began searching for that officer’s vehicle as well. He did so 29 times between March and May.
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