HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — A Highland Heights police dispatcher accused of misusing Flock has resigned.
Police Chief Dennis Matejcic said the Washington Post alerted him to unauthorized searches on Monday.
Matejcic said the part-time dispatcher searched specific license plates repeatedly over a period of two years and that an internal investigation showed all searches were for similar plates not part of traffic stops or attached to a report number.
The dispatcher resigned Thursday, and Matejcic said that had she not resigned, she would have been terminated.
Matejcic said she violated various departmental policies related to misuse of equipment, systems and agency philosophy and values.
The police department did not have a specific license plate reader policy until now, other than use of privileged information, equipment use, and ethics.
Matejcic said they will now also conduct mandatory monthly audits of their Flock users.
The city of Highland Heights has six license plate readers as part of a contract with Flock Safety.
The chief said no other Highland Heights employee is under suspicion of any wrongdoing with its Flock system.
