Documented Incident
IMPD officer pleads not guilty to charges he used Flock plate readers to stalk 11 people
Event: September 26, 2026 · First reported: September 26, 2026 · 6 sources
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officer Jonathan Schultz, an 18-year veteran, pleaded not guilty at an initial court appearance to 12 counts of official misconduct, 12 counts of fraud and two counts of stalking tied to alleged misuse of department license plate reader access. Court documents cited by WRTV allege Schultz ran 1,396 searches without a law enforcement purpose, both on and off duty, including queries on a woman he met at a workout class and on his ex-wife. A judge set bond at $10,000 with GPS monitoring if posted, and issued a no-contact order covering 11 alleged victims and two witnesses. IMPD has suspended Schultz and recommended his termination; the allegations have not been proven in court.
The case tests whether audit logs and internal controls on ALPR systems can catch personal misuse of surveillance databases, an accountability question facing every agency that grants officers query access.
Key facts
- Charges: 12 counts of official misconduct, 12 counts of fraud, two counts of stalking; defendant pleaded not guilty
- Court documents allege 1,396 searches without a legitimate law enforcement reason
- Alleged targets include 11 people, among them the officer's ex-wife and a woman he met at a workout class in September 2023
- Investigators allege he also created a fake Facebook account and, in a separate incident, identified himself as an FBI agent to a woman in Greenwood
- Bond set at $10,000 with GPS monitoring; IMPD suspended him and recommended termination
Sources
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- IMPD officer has first court hearing in misuse of license plate reader case (Headtopics, September 26, 2026)
- IMPD officer has first court hearing in misuse of license plate reader case (WRTV, September 25, 2026)
- IMPD officer has first court hearing in misuse of license plate reader case (Yahoo, September 25, 2026)
- IMPD officer has first court hearing in misuse of license plate reader case (Wish-tv, September 25, 2026)
- IMPD officer charged for alleged misuse of Flock license plate reader technology appears in court (WTHR, September 28, 2026)
- Tempe holds first hearing for license-plate reader camera ban (yourvalley.net, September 25, 2026)
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Updated October 9, 2026. Corrections: blockflock@bytebunny.io. See all documented incidents or search the full article archive.