A Highland Heights police dispatcher used Flock surveillance technology to track people for personal reasons, conducting thousands of license plate searches over several months without the police chief knowing the system was being misused. The misconduct came to light in August through an inquiry by The Washington Post. The dispatcher subsequently resigned, prompting the Highland Heights Police Department to overhaul its oversight policies and implement monthly audits of its license plate reader system. Police Chief Dennis Matejcic acknowledged that he was unaware of the misconduct until it was brought to the department’s attention. “She was tracking vehicles and she knew what she was doing,” Matejcic admitted. “She was doing things for her personal reasons. She was tracking people that she knew.” The abuse spanned several months, including April, when Kelly Sanders was driving through Highland Heights and received a speeding ticket. “Immediately I’m actually irritated with myself, like why did I even let it get there!” Sanders recalled when she first got the ticket. But Sanders had no idea that inside the department responsible for enforcing traffic laws, an employee was misusing police surveillance technology. “It does change things,” Sanders said. “It throws an element of trust or maybe mistrust in there.” Post navigation Piker calls Omar investigation a BS ‘paperwork violation’ Comey Hit With Espionage Act Charges: Information UNSEALED and the Leak Case Explodes!
