A Georgia police chief, arrested for stalking, improperly searched Capitola, California’s Flock Safety license plate reader database, amplifying concerns about the surveillance system’s potential for abuse. The searches were discovered by the activist group Get The Flock Out through public records requests. This incident follows other data security breaches, including Flock sharing California data with out-of-state and federal agencies like ICE, violating state law. In response, Capitola PD has stopped widespread data sharing, implementing a case-by-case waiver system. The department is now working to amend its contract with Flock to prevent unauthorized changes to the system’s functions, highlighting the vendor’s failure to secure sensitive location data from misuse by law enforcement officers.