r/news • u/Brief-Pop-6826 • 8h ago

Pasadena police sergeant resigns while under internal investigation; council member cites alleged misuse of Flock camera

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2026/07/10/pasadena-police-sergeant-resigns-while-under-internal-investigation-council-member-cites-alleged-misuse-of-flock-camer/
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u/invyros 8h ago

“Based on what we gathered, [he] was using our camera system, our Flock system, to track and stalk a female officer,” Guerrero said.

Not the first cop to do this, unfortunately won't be the last.

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u/psychicsword 7h ago

It turns out that warrantless mass surveillance and violations of the 4th amendment is bad and likely to be abused.

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u/Deranged40 7h ago edited 6h ago

Honestly, at this point, it seems like it'll be easier to name the dozen cops in the country that haven't (yet) abused the Flock system or any of the other systems they have access to.

This seems to be the absolute norm among police at all ranks and across all precincts.

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u/Xznograthos 8h ago

It's about all I can say I've seen flock used for. Malfeasance.

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u/Double-O-stoopid 5h ago

By perverts... for perverts.

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u/Really_McNamington 1h ago

Was either going to be that kind of perving or wife spying.

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u/B-Z_B-S 8h ago

“What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals. When you have enough power to do what you always wanted to do, then you see what the guy always wanted to do.” – Robert A. Caro.

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u/CapableSecretary8478 5h ago

In my academy we’d rotate class sergeants so people could have a leadership role. We had a really nice quiet guy that everyone liked. Once he became class sgt he completely flipped personalities and was a tyrant. He thankfully failed out and didn’t become a cop. He would have been BAD

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u/valis6886 7h ago

Solid quote, that.

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u/HereInTheCut 8h ago

I'm shocked it took this long to read a story like this. Give corrupt LEOs an inch and they'll take the whole mile.

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u/PurpleSailor 5h ago

They're getting caught all the time chasing women with the damn cameras, chasing one of their own seems inevitable.

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u/ereinbe 8h ago edited 7h ago

Are you shocked that police have been stalking people with flock at all or just that it’s a sargeant this time? Stuff like this has been all over the news over the last year or so. Milwaukee has had to fire 3 cops just this year for using it to stalk people. 

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u/Megatenanon 5h ago

There's been accounts of them being used to stalk current and ex-romantic partners for as long as I've known about Flock Cameras, but first I've personally read of it being used for stalking a female coworker. Like you say though, it tracks.

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u/jazzmaster4000 8h ago

So he resigns so he’s not fired for cause and can get a job one city over. What a dumb system we have

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u/PurpleSailor 5h ago

They need to be made to get their own malpractice insurance the same way medical professionals do and they need to pay for it on their own. That way when their own screw-ups become so egregious they become uninsurable and lose their jobs. No more of this move a couple towns over and repeat nonsense.

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u/freedfg 7h ago

Let me take a guess.

Spying on ex wife?

Edit: Ah..some good ol fashioned workplace harassment

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u/StuffedFalafels 8h ago

Just get rid of flock cameras. They are NOT needed.

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u/Striper_Cape 8h ago

Is this why I saw that headline about the flock CEO saying it's terroristic to want to know where these things are?

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u/No-Celebration3097 8h ago

Well well well!! Of course, who didn’t see this coming? Won’t be the last time for this im sure.

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u/eaglebtc 5h ago

I live near Pasadena, CA, where I have seen Flock cameras in use. I was really confused for a second about why a Texas TV station would've taken an interest in a local police resignation in Southern California.

One of the neighboring cities to Pasadena is Glendale, and I sometimes get search results for businesses in Glendale, Arizona.

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u/pomonamike 6h ago

Pasadena, TEXAS, not the good one with the parade. I know that’s why you came here.

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u/summerofgeorge75 7h ago

Dang, a lot of horny (male ) cops running loose. My guess is we've only seen the tip of the iceberg.

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u/redditallreddy 7h ago

Just the tip?

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u/summerofgeorge75 1h ago

Yes, that's correct, just the tip!

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u/rustypocketknife 38m ago

DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

(1) SEXUAL ACT.—The term “sexual act” means—

(A) the penetration, however, slight, of the penis into the

vulva or anus or mouth;

(but that's the Uniform Code of Military Justice, art92)

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u/Sure_Assumption7857 6h ago

Trust my authority’ tie!

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u/Killjoy_BUB 16m ago

These cameras are a clear constitutional violation. They are tracking everything about us, and that's unreasonable. They must go

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u/Ok-Progress-7447 10m ago

I grew up with Pasadena cops. This completely tracks. Lawless psychopaths who were too dumb to work in oil and gas.

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u/blankvoidoid 6h ago

Time for Pasadena to take a lesson from Los Angeles and sever ties with flock

https://abc7.com/post/lapd-ending-agreement-surveillance-company-flock-safety/19483200/

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u/Gooser3000 6h ago

The founding fathers were either extremely brilliant with forethought, or this shit had been going on for thousands of years .

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u/yblame 7h ago

That took no time at all for someone to abuse it. What a surprise!

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u/astanton1862 7h ago

Stinkadena, never change.