Andrae Wright left his job as an investigator in Effingham County, Georgia, in 2021. His login to Flock Safety’s license-plate camera network kept working. According to a Washington Post investigation — built on a Georgia Bureau of Investigation statement and audit logs the Post reviewed — Wright searched the network more than 60 times over the five years after he left the force.
The searches repeatedly tracked a license plate bearing his wife’s middle name, the Post reports, amid a custody dispute.
The Flock investigation, in brief
- Former Effingham County (Ga.) investigator Andrae Wright kept his Flock login after leaving in 2021
- 60+ searches over five years (GBI statement and audit logs, via the Post); a tracked plate bore his wife’s middle name, amid a custody dispute
- The Post’s series: 100+ police employees charged with or accused of misusing plate-reader systems; 11 unauthorized-access cases in this installment
- Flock Safety: misusers are a tiny share of 140,000+ monthly users
Wright’s case is one installment of the Post’s running investigation into police use of automated license-plate readers. The series has now identified more than 100 police employees who have been charged with or accused of misusing the systems; this week’s installment tallied 11 unauthorized-access cases. Flock Safety says the misusers are a tiny share of the more than 140,000 people who use its network each month.
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