Tracking Flock use in Macon County

Former Macon County sheriff’s deputy Jonathan Bean searched the county’s Flock network more than 3,500 times during the two years that the county had a contract with the technology company, according to records obtained by Carolina Public Press. Bean was fired last month for misuse of the automatic license plate reader, or ALPR, software and is currently under investigation by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. The county Sheriff’s Office published its network audit log on its website on Nov. 9. A number of individuals had requested the data, Jonathan Phillips, a part-time deputy in the office, told CPP, which is why the sheriff’s office decided to post it. CPP had filed a request on Oct. 22 for the audit logs, which track how law enforcement agencies search their Flock system’s different networks. Digital publication of a public records request satisfies state public records law under Chapter 132 of the North Carolina General Statutes.

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