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Greer, S.C. police corporal repeatedly searched Flock cameras to track a fellow officer, falsified justifications

Greer, South Carolina Police Department Corporal Kareem Lynch repeatedly used the department's Flock Safety license-plate-reader system to search for the license plate of a fellow officer with whom he had a prior relationship, between December 2025 and January 2026, logging the queries under false justifications such as "welfare checks" or "city planning." The city of Greer disclosed on July 14, 2026 that Lynch had been terminated on June 26, 2026 after a Flock AI audit corroborated the allegations.

Part of: Police Using License-Plate Camera Networks to Stalk

Jurisdiction
South Carolina
Location
Greer, South Carolina

Abuses documented

Actors

  • Kareem Lynch (former Corporal, Greer Police Department)

On July 14, 2026, the Greer Police Department in Greer, South Carolina disclosed that it had terminated Corporal Kareem Lynch for misusing the department's Flock Safety automatic license-plate-reader cameras. City Administrator Andrew Merriman said Flock Safety's AI Audit Assistance tool — which reviews an entire department's use of the platform — flagged Lynch's searches after initial allegations, and that the audit "corroborated the initial information."

Separation records released by the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy show Lynch, a corporal with the department since 2020, repeatedly searched for the license plate of a fellow officer with whom he had a prior relationship between December 2025 and January 2026, logging the searches as "welfare checks" or "city planning." Lynch's Flock entries were found to be false, in violation of a department policy — in place since January 2023 — that restricts the system to "public safety related missions of the agency."

Lynch was terminated June 26, 2026. His termination was reported to the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, which will determine the status of his law-enforcement certification. Greer PD attributed the discovery to the Flock audit tool rather than to routine internal review; the department does not otherwise audit officers' system use absent a specific complaint. A second officer, Sebastian Echeverry, was separately terminated three days later for unrelated misuse of the same system.

Updates

2026-07-08 — Greer PD asked SLED to review Lynch's conduct [3]

Twelve days after firing Lynch, the Greer Police Department asked the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) to investigate "potential allegations" against him. A SLED spokesperson confirmed to FITSNews that the agency was reviewing the referral. As of this writing (2026-08-15), SLED has not announced findings, and the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy has not publicly ruled on his certification status.

Why we recorded this

Automated license-plate surveillance is supposed to serve public-safety missions under audited safeguards, not become a tool an officer can turn on a colleague at will. A Greer, South Carolina police corporal used the department's Flock camera system to repeatedly track a fellow officer he had a prior relationship with, then logged false "welfare check" and "city planning" justifications to conceal the searches from oversight. When the officer running a surveillance system is also the one falsifying the paper trail meant to check it, the audit function that is supposed to make mass license-plate tracking accountable to the public breaks down from the inside.

Sources

  1. 2 Greer officers terminated for violating policy on Flock cameras, police say — FOX Carolina primary accessed August 14, 2026
  2. Ex-Greer cops fired after lying about using Flock camera data to track people around town, records show — The Post and Courier primary accessed August 14, 2026
  3. Two Greer Police Officers Terminated for Abusing Flock Cameras, SLED Reviewing Allegations — FITSNews investigative accessed August 14, 2026
  4. FOX Carolina Investigates: Are you being watched? Upstate police misconduct case puts spotlight on license plate reader cameras — FOX Carolina investigative accessed August 14, 2026

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