Kansas police chief's plate-camera searches tracked his ex-girlfriend
single source· 1 articles · confidence: low · first seen 2026-09-23 00:00 UTC
What this means for you
Nothing to do for most readers. If you run or buy licence plate readers, the operational point is that the individual searches were countable from the system's own records; who reviews those logs, and how often, is the control that failed here on the account given. No disciplinary finding is in the record.
A Kansas police chief used licence plate cameras made by Flock Safety to track his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend's vehicles over more than four months, and followed them out of town in his police vehicle, according to an AI Incident Database entry citing a city source. The entry gives two counts of the searches — 164 in its headline, 228 in its text — and the discrepancy is unresolved. No disciplinary outcome or response from the chief appears in the record.
Key facts
- ·The tracking is described as lasting more than four months. source
- ·The incident entry's headline states 164 uses of the cameras to track the ex-girlfriend. source
- ·The same entry's text states 228 uses over the same period. source
- ·The chief also used his police vehicle to follow the pair out of town. source
- ·The record is held as AI Incident Database entry 1705. source
What the sources say
- AI Incident Database (aggregator) — Aggregator record of a city source's account of repeated plate-reader queries by a police chief, with two counts.
Sources
The original reporting. Follow these — they did the work.
- AI Incident DatabaseKansas police chief used Flock license plate cameras 164 times to track ex-girlfriend2026-09-23