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Feds Used Local Cop's Password to Do Immigration Surveillance With Flock Cameras

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A DEA agent used a local cop's password "for federal investigations in late January 2025 without [the cop's] knowledge of said use."

A Drug Enforcement Administration agent used a local police officer’s password to the Flock automated license plate reader system to search for someone suspected of an “immigration violation.” That DEA agent did this “without [the local police officer’s] knowledge,” and the password to the Flock account, which belonged to the Palos Heights PD, has since been changed. Using license plate readers for immigration enforcement is illegal in Illinois, and casual password sharing between local police and federal law enforcement for access to surveillance systems is, at the very least, against Flock’s

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