Are You Flocking Serious? Rokita Doubles Down on Flock Cameras After IMPD Officer Misused Them for Personal Reasons

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August 19th, 2026, Indianapolis Indiana:

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has strongly defended Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader cameras as a powerful law enforcement tool, even as an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer faces recommended termination and a criminal investigation for allegedly using the system hundreds of times for personal reasons.

On August 12, 2026, Rokita told WIBC hosts Jerry Lopez and Ryan Hedrick that the cameras have been “a tremendous help for law enforcement.”

“It’s gotten fentanyl off the streets, it’s sent illegal aliens back to their countries, and it’s this whole idea that you can see the movement of a car beyond just an intersection,” Rokita said. He added that the technology has helped get “really bad guys and bad drugs off the streets.”

On privacy concerns, Rokita was blunt: “When you’re out in public, you don’t have a right to privacy.” He compared the cameras to posting a police officer on every street corner—something he argued the public would accept legally.

Just days earlier, on August 6, an unnamed IMPD officer assigned to the east district admitted to a supervisor that he had used the Flock system “for personal reasons.” The department immediately stripped him of his police powers and equipment. Chief Tanya Terry later recommended his termination after learning he had run “hundreds” of searches focused on only a few license plates. Both administrative and criminal investigations are ongoing.

IMPD stressed that the technology itself is not the problem—“misuse is”—and noted the cameras have helped solve major cases, including a fatal hit-and-run and locating missing or endangered people. The department is tightening its policy to require every search be tied to a specific case number.

Indiana still has no statewide law regulating automated license plate readers. Data retention, access, audits, and sharing are left mostly to individual agencies. Critics including the ACLU of Indiana and Eyes Off Indiana say the systems create warrantless records of people’s daily movements. Monroe County and the City of Bloomington have already ended or declined to renew their Flock contracts over privacy concerns. Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith has called the cameras “mass surveillance” that raises Fourth Amendment issues and is discussing possible legislative limits with lawmakers.

Nationally, dozens of officers have been accused of misusing Flock or similar systems for personal tracking, often of romantic partners or family members. Oversight gaps have allowed some cases to go undetected until outsiders reviewed the logs.

Rokita’s defense places him firmly on the side of continued use, emphasizing that public roads carry no expectation of privacy. The debate in Indiana is far from settled, with advocates pushing for stricter rules on retention, auditing, and data sharing while supporters highlight the cameras’ role in fighting crime.