2 Norcross police officers accused of Flock misuse

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Norcross police say two officers accused of misusing Flock license plate readers are no longer on the job.

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On Friday, the Norcross Police Department said one officer was fired in June for misusing the Flock Safety system.

A second officer resigned weeks later while under investigation for misusing the system, according to the department.

Norcross police credit a new audit function in Flock software for flagging the alleged misuse.

Police did not released the officers’ identities.

“The City of Norcross and the Norcross Police Department will not tolerate egregious violations of policy and acts swiftly to remove personnel who choose to do so,” police said in a statement.

The department said both officers’ actions have been investigated by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). Police said they have fully cooperated with the GBI investigations and have given findings of its own internal investigations to the Georgia Peace Officer Standards & Training (POST) Council.

“Because they are ongoing investigations pending prosecution, further information will not be released,” police said.

In recent months, dozens, if not hundreds, of law enforcement officers have been fired and arrested for allegedly misusing their department’s Flock cameras all over the nation, including in Georgia.