Officer allegedly used Flock license plate cameras to track boyfriend's ex-wife: Police chief

Debate over a new camera system being used by police across the country is growing. It's an issue of security versus privacy. And now there are more allegations that some officers are misusing the technology. ABC's Sophie Flay has more. This morning, a now former North Carolina police officer is facing charges, accused of using her department's controversial license plate cameras to track her boyfriend's ex-wife. Investigators say Elizabeth Snowman accessed the department's flock camera system dozens of times for personal use. Flock cameras automatically scan every license plate that passes, logging the vehicle, the time, and the location into a searchable database that police can use to track vehicles. She accessed the computers, the LPR cameras, to find information and track her boyfriend's ex-wife. Newsweek reports officers in at least a dozen states have faced allegations of misusing flock license plate reader systems, including 10 officers in Georgia in recent weeks. Police say the camera technology has been a game changer for solving crimes, but it all goes up in smoke when you have cops like this violating the system. Flock Safety says it now has about 120,000 cameras installed across the U.S. Critics call it a mass surveillance system, sparking protests over privacy concerns. Cameras in Houston have been vandalized, covered in spray paint. In Winona, Minnesota, all eight of the city's cameras were stolen. Flock's CEO saying the company is now under a coordinated attack, but insists America can have both safety and privacy. The American Civil Liberties Union says more than 50 communities nationwide have terminated their flock camera contracts in the last year. Sophie Flay, ABC News, New York.