# A cop lost his job over a license plate camera

> A Georgia officer was fired for digging into Flock's plate reader network for reasons that had nothing to do with crime.
- Title: A cop lost his job over a license plate camera | Shortify
- Summary: A Georgia officer was fired for digging into Flock's plate reader network for reasons that had nothing to do with crime. Surveillance networks built for…
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- Source: Valleynewslive — https://valleynewslive.com/2026/09/12/police-officer-fired-allegedly-misusing-flock-camera-system
- Published: 2026-09-12T22:49:00.54+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: surveillance, police, flock cameras, privacy, accountability, news, local
## Fired over the cameras
Braselton Police in Georgia terminated an officer on Aug. 20 after an investigation found he improperly used the Flock camera system. His name has not been released.
## Two years of searches
The misuse allegedly ran across 2024 and 2025. The department audited its logs and says it found no other officer doing the same thing.
## Now the GBI has it
Braselton handed the case to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which moves it out of internal discipline and into a criminal look at what he searched and why.
## Blame the old regime
Interim Chief Zach Tiller framed it as inherited, saying the behavior predated current safeguards and the department acted the moment it learned.

> When made aware of potential misuse occurring during the former administration, we took immediate action
## The locks came later
This year Braselton cut system access from 23 people to 14, required a case number and a stated law enforcement purpose for every search, and started weekly log audits.
## Not one bad apple
Dozens, possibly hundreds, of officers nationwide have been fired or arrested over Flock misuse. On the same Friday, a University of Georgia police IT worker was disciplined too.
## Key takeaway

Surveillance networks built for public safety are only as trustworthy as the audit logs sitting behind them, and most departments added those logs after the fact.