Ex-Richland County deputy accused of misusing Flock camera system
The deputies was fired and then placed under arrest after the incident came to light.

I believe in transparency so I'm going to dive off into the hot topic of Flock cameras. All of the lock cameras in Henry County were put up by he Henry County Sheriff's Office to protect you and your belonqings. Not to spy on anyone.
The only access to our cameras is by law nforcement, that access is given by me and i s also monitored by our agency. For a deputy to enter a search thev must enter a criminal reason or the search, we go by the same guidelines as CJIS and officers are accountable the same way, (meaning they can be terminated or arrested by searching anything without a criminal nexus).
elow I've posted 2 pictures. Picture #1 is of a Hog in my cornfield yesterday morning (it is time stamped) taken by my Moultrie Deer Camera (just ike the thousands hunters use) the second picture is my personal truck, my Itility trailer and my lawnmower, taken with the Sheriffs Office Flock Camera. (it is alsc time stamped from 6:1 1pm today when I left the training center after cutting the grass)
post these 2 pictures because thev serve the same purpose.
In Picture #1. I have thousands of dollars nvested in that corn and without that picture to alert me that the hogs in there he will eat and destroy my investment until it's GONE! Hunters use these type of cell cameras Everyday
n Picture #2 is my truck for this discussion let's say I just stole your utility trailer with your 10k jawnmower (that you don't have insured) while ou were at work. Before Flock cameras we relied on maybe a neighbor seeing someone at your house or maybe your trailer would show up on marketplace. Either way us being able to recover It wasn't promising. But with a simp|e icture to show us who's truck was used and a hoto for court to convict, the odds of you getting your property back increases drastically
Jow that example was for your lawnmowe hich can be replaced, now imagine if your daughter was playing in the yard and a truck slowed down and qrabbed her and all you saw ut your window was it was white truck pulling a trailer. Being able to search for vehicles in the area of vour house at the time vour dauqhter vas kidnapped is a game changer for law enforcement. Being able to identity the vehicle out an alert out so anv taa reader that comes in contact with the truck (with your daughter in it automatically notifies the closest agency and allows them to safely return your child is unmeasurable.
I can list countless stories of how
these
cameras were used for good, but just like everything else they get abused. That's why we nave policies in place to control that and
consequences for the ones who do,
I can
promise vou nobodv hates a bad cop more than a qood cop. 1m not a fan of government
overreach but the cameras you see throughout
our county were placed here by us to protect you, your family and your property. That's it, we lon't care where you're going or what time
you re going there as long as you aren't here in ur county to break the law
Also on a side note, the phone you're reading his on has 100 times more intormation abou
you, where vou*ve been, vour bank accounts, and what you've been saying. The flock camera just has a picture of your tag.