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Indiana police officer arrested for using Flock cameras to search wife’s details

World news | The Guardian·Marina Dunbar·5 days ago
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An Indiana police officer has been arrested on allegations that he misused Flock cameras hundreds of times in a case involving his wife and a previous acquaintance of hers.

Justin Craig of Georgetown police department, was charged with official misconduct and two counts of fraud. Documents show that he searched his wife’s license plate more than 80 times and that of a “previous acquaintance” of hers nearly 250 times, the news outlet WLKY reported.

The documents say Craig’s searches started in January and continued up to July.

A reporter from the Washington Post triggered the investigation, the documents show, after he called the Georgetown police chief with the tip.

An internal review by the Georgetown police found that the searches Craig conducted on the Flock system were unrelated to any police investigations, and he had intentionally mislabeled those searches to make them appear justified.

The searches had been labeled with subjects including traffic infractions, narcotics, assault/battery, theft and…

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