Police Officer Accused of Using Flock Cameras To Secretly Track Women
Summary
An Indianapolis police officer, Jonathan Schultz, faces 26 criminal charges including stalking and fraud for misusing a surveillance system called Flock cameras to track license plates without a valid law-enforcement reason. The police department suspended five officers over similar misuse of this technology and is investigating the incidents.Key Facts
- Officer Jonathan Schultz used Flock cameras to track the license plates of seven women and four men, many of whom he did not know.
- Schultz is charged with 12 counts of official misconduct, 12 counts of fraud, and two counts of stalking.
- Prosecutors say Schultz performed 1,396 searches without a legitimate law-enforcement purpose.
- Schultz allegedly began stalking a woman nine days after meeting her and used the system to monitor his ex-wife and another woman.
- Five Indianapolis police officers, including Schultz, are suspended for improper use of automated license plate reader technology.
- The department revoked their access to the surveillance system and recommended termination for four remaining officers.
- The misuse happened before a new policy requiring officers to provide a case number and crime justification was introduced in August 2026.
- Similar misuse of Flock cameras has been reported in at least 12 other US states.
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