An Alpharetta police patrolman resigned Aug. 5 after an internal investigation found he used Flock cameras dozens of times to track his ex-partner and a fellow officer.

Dustin Bozzo queried Flock's system 56 times between March and May to search for the license plate of a former romantic partner who also worked for the Alpharetta Police Department, WIRED first reported Thursday. When Bozzo noticed his ex's car frequently appeared near another officer's vehicle, he searched for that officer's plate 29 times in the same period.

He also searched for the plate of his former partner's uncle's car 18 times between April 5 and April 14, after learning she had borrowed it following an accident, according to the internal investigation report obtained by WIRED.

The relationship between Bozzo and the fellow officer violated the city of Alpharetta's ban on workplace dating, according to internal investigation documents.

The department placed Bozzo on paid administrative leave July 20 and opened a formal investigation the same day.

He resigned 16 days later.

How it was caught

Police Chief Trent Lindgren learned about Flock's Audit Assistance tool in July and activated it, according to a separate WIRED report on Alpharetta's data-sharing practices. The tool flagged Bozzo's search patterns, prompting the investigation.

Lt. Jason Hiott told WIRED an "ongoing criminal investigation" is underway in the department's Criminal Investigations Division. Lindgren said the probe will likely be finished soon. No criminal charges have been filed as of WIRED's Aug. 27 report.

False justifications logged

Each time Flock prompted Bozzo to specify a reason for a query, he almost always selected "Wanted Person" or "Traffic Infraction," according to the internal report authored by Sgt. Jabbar Braithwaite. Bozzo told investigators that selecting those categories was "just a quick keystroke."

Braithwaite concluded that "regardless of his stated motivation," Bozzo's use of the system was "inconsistent with Department policy and the authorized use of the system." Bozzo told investigators he understood his actions were wrong. Braithwaite did not find evidence that Bozzo acted with malice or intent to harm.

Bozzo did not respond to WIRED's requests for comment.

Broader pattern in Georgia

The Alpharetta case is part of a statewide surge in documented Flock misuse. A database maintained by the Institute for Justice has logged at least 45 incidents nationally of officers using the cameras to track current or former romantic partners. Georgia leads all states with 57 of 170 total documented abuses, partly because its agencies were early adopters and Flock Safety is headquartered in Atlanta.

As we reported Aug. 27, state Sen. John Albers, R-Roswell, who chairs the Senate Public Safety Committee, has joined a task force examining the issue. In an Aug. 24 editorial, Albers said law enforcement is addressing the problem and called for preserving the cameras' investigative value while preventing abuse.

Data-sharing scope

Alpharetta's Flock camera data is accessible to more than 2,000 police departments, colleges, airports and government agencies nationwide, according to WIRED's public records research. Since June 2025, the number of entities receiving data from Alpharetta police has grown about 42 percent.

The department's settings automatically approve data requests from law enforcement agencies within 500 miles, Hiott told WIRED. He added that the department "does not share any live feeds, analytics, etc. with anyone."

Flock announced Aug. 13 that it will require all customers to activate its Audit Assistance tool by year's end and is recommending a seven-day data retention period, down from 30 days.

Residents with information related to the investigation can contact the Alpharetta Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division.