Dispatcher resigns over Flock camera misuse as data shows single user made more than 20,000 searches

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - A Northeast Ohio dispatcher resigned Thursday after police said she was caught misusing their Flock camera system over two years.

Highland Heights Police Chief Dennis Matejcic said he learned Monday that a part-time dispatcher was accused of searching specific license plates repeatedly.

The department launched an internal investigation, which Matejcic said uncovered “numerous unauthorized searches” by the dispatcher.

This was confirmed through the department’s Flock account, according to the chief. He said moving forward, all department Flock users will be subject to a mandatory monthly audit.

“She violated various departmental policies related to misuse of equipment, systems, and agency philosophy and values,” Matejcic said in a statement.

The dispatcher, whose name was not released, resigned Thursday. Matejcic said the city prosecutor is now reviewing the case for possible criminal charges.

HaveIBeenFlocked, a website which uses public records requests to track Flock searches, shared its data on Highland Heights with 19 News.

According to their records, a single Flock user within HHPD carried out 20,292 searches between Oct. 24, 2024 and Nov. 22, 2025.

Their data shows HHPD’s second most active user made just 930 searches over the course of 17 months.

The records from HaveIBeenFlocked show the top user searched six license plates more than 1,000 times and allegedly searched a single plate 5,369 times.

Matejcic said no one else inside the department was involved or is suspected of wrongdoing.

19 News reached out to Flock for a comment and more information on its audit features. Their response is below:

“Audit logs have always been built into the system, however, in April we released Audit Assistance which surfaces searches that might require further review directly to system administrators or command staff.

Last week, we announced that Audit Assistance is becoming mandatory."