Savannah Officer Fired After Sharing Flock Login With ICE Agent Husband

Overview

• Savannah Police Department fired Amber Harpe in August after an internal audit found she had given her Flock Safety username and password to her husband, an ICE agent, whose activity accounted for 983 searches tied to 97 license plates.
• SPD said the access breached department policy and led to termination even though investigators found no violation of Georgia’s ALPR law and Harpe was not criminally charged.
• Audit logs show 788 of the searches were in South Carolina and internal records indicate many of the vehicles were registered to Hispanic owners, which investigators flagged as a civil‑liberties and profiling concern.
• ICE has confirmed it is investigating the involvement of its agent in the searches and Savannah’s probe also prompted the firing of five other officers with four of them later arrested for alleged misuse.
• The case feeds a wider backlash against Flock and license‑plate readers as cities cancel or pause contracts and lawmakers press for tighter rules, while companies and departments point to permanent audit logs as the main tool for detecting misuse.