Documented Incident
Former Joliet police lieutenant indicted over alleged personal use of Flock ALPR system
Event: October 1, 2025 · First reported: October 7, 2026 · 2 sources
A Will County grand jury indicted former Joliet Police Lt. Jeremy Harrison, 50, on charges of computer tampering and official misconduct for allegedly using the Flock Safety automated license plate reader system for his own benefit. The Illinois State Police announced the charges, which followed an October 2025 referral from the Joliet City Inspector General asking the state agency to investigate Harrison. The charges are allegations, and no finding of guilt has been reported.
Audit and referral mechanisms, rather than the ALPR system's own safeguards, are what reportedly surfaced the alleged misuse — a point of reference for communities weighing how queries of license plate databases are monitored.
Key facts
- A Will County grand jury indicted former Joliet Police Lt. Jeremy Harrison, 50, on computer tampering and official misconduct charges.
- The Joliet City Inspector General asked Illinois State Police to investigate Harrison in October 2025.
- Prosecutors allege Harrison used the Flock surveillance camera system for his own benefit; the specific queries or purposes were not described in the report.
- The charges are accusations only; the article reports no conviction or trial outcome.
Sources
This summary was written from the published reporting below and links to it; BlockFlockNow does not reproduce article text.
- Illinois police lieutenant accused of misusing Flock surveillance camera system (AOL.ca, October 7, 2026)
- Illinois police lieutenant accused of misusing Flock surveillance camera system (MyStateline, October 7, 2026)
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