A growing number of cops throughout the Chicago area and across the country have been accused of searching those databases for personal reasons. Civil liberties activists too are alarmed that law enfo
As allegations of Flock misuse mount, police departments and lawmakers are grappling with what must be done to prevent wrongdoing.
“Every time you give a bunch of workers access
to a database like this, there is going to be the temptation for them to search it for personal ends,” said Matthew Kugler, a law professor at Northwestern University.
