A North Carolina police officer who allegedly acted as though the rules were for other people has been arrested for using law enforcement cameras for personal use.
Mooresville police officer Elizabeth Snowman is accused of using the department’s Flock cameras 31 times to track her boyfriend’s former wife, according to ABC News.
Flock cameras are motion-activated cameras that capture the license plates and types of vehicles passing anywhere the cameras are installed.
Mooresville Police Chief Ron Campurciani said the episode was discovered in an audit of the system.
“She accessed the computers, the LPR [license plate reader] cameras, to find information and track her boyfriend’s ex-wife,” Campurciani said on Wednesday.
According to WBTV, Snowman allegedly accessed the cameras twice when she was off-duty.
Campurciani said that Snowman claimed 29 instances of the cameras being accessed were in connection with motor vehicle infractions, and the other two were listed as either burglary or robbery.
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Snowman, 36, was hired in January 2025.
Campurciani said she was employed as of Wednesday, but that human resources would decide if she was to be terminated.
Snowman was charged with accessing computers.
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Mooresville police officer Elizabeth Anne Snowman, 36, was arrested Wednesday after an internal audit found she used the department’s Flock license plate reader system 31 times to track her boyfriend’s ex-wife.
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Campurciani said there are 10 other cases under investigation.
“I don’t think we are done yet, quite frankly,” he said.
“So, we’re looking at other ones that could turn out to be nothing, but there are certain ones that we’re taking a secondary look at, a deep look at,” he added.
Campurciani noted that the case came after another incident involving a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer who was charged with misusing data from license plate reader cameras.
“This is frustrating and aggravating at the same time,” Campurciani said, according to WSOC-TV.
“Look at this; there is another cop abusing the system. That’s what bothers me the most. The people who use this stuff for personal use, like she did, can’t think past their nose,” he said.
According to WBTV, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer Seth Elliot accessed his department’s Flock system after being asked by the target of a drug investigation in another county for information on a vehicle used by an undercover officer.
Elliot was charged with illegally accessing a government computer.
Campurciani said “officers have to put in the reason for why they’re using the Flock cameras, why they are tracking this vehicle,” according to ABC News.
Flock said in a statement, “Any misuse is unacceptable and responsible technology should help bring it to light.”
“When public safety technology is used the right way, it helps solve serious crimes and protect communities. When it is misused, Flock’s Audit Assistance helps expose it,” Flock said.
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