Updated
Updated · The Washington Post · Aug 2
Georgia Police Chief Used Camera Network to Track Ex-Girlfriend 15 Miles Away
Updated
Updated · The Washington Post · Aug 2

Georgia Police Chief Used Camera Network to Track Ex-Girlfriend 15 Miles Away

2 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Aug 2

Summary

  • Texts from 2024 show a Georgia police chief repeatedly knew Marci Bakely’s whereabouts within minutes, including trips to groceries, dates and doctor visits in Jefferson.
  • Bakely said her ex-boyfriend tracked her after she left him, and one message read, “I didn’t think you would slip up,” when he wrongly suspected she had gone to see another man.
  • The case centers on how officers can exploit a vast policing-camera network for personal surveillance, using tools meant for law enforcement to monitor ex-partners instead.

Insights

When police misuse license plate readers to stalk ex-partners, who holds these departments accountable for the privacy breaches?
Could the surveillance network designed to keep your neighborhood safe be secretly broadcasting your daily routines to an obsessed insider?