October 2022 — Timeline — Standing Record

Oct 26

Former Kechi, Kan. police Lt. Victor Heiar arrested for using Flock cameras to stalk estranged wife

On October 26, 2022, Wichita police arrested then-Kechi, Kansas Police Department Lieutenant Victor Heiar, 32, after discovering he had used his access to the Wichita Police Department's Flock license-plate reader system to track his estranged wife's location without any law-enforcement purpose. Heiar pleaded guilty to computer crime and stalking, both misdemeanors, and was sentenced in April 2023 to a 24-month term probated to 18 months.

Oct 11

Lawsuit revealed Clayton County police's airport jet-bridge unit disproportionately stopped Black travelers, seized over $1M in cash

A federal lawsuit filed October 11, 2022, against Clayton County, Georgia, revealed that the county police department's airport "jet bridge interdiction" unit had disproportionately stopped Black travelers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Drawing on open-records data, the suit found that of 402 documented jet-bridge stops between August 2020 and April 2021, 56% fell on Black passengers -- versus roughly 8% of U.S. air travelers nationally -- while the program produced only three drug seizures against more than $1 million in cash and money orders seized. After a district court dismissal was partly reversed on appeal, Clayton County settled the lawsuit for $30,000 on August 18, 2026, confirming the program had already been terminated.

Oct 4

Oklahoma Gov. Stitt signed SB3XX, cutting ARPA hospital funding tied to gender-affirming care for minors

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed Senate Bill 3XX on October 4, 2022, appropriating $39.4 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to the University Hospitals Authority while barring their use at any facility providing gender-transition medical treatment to patients under 18. Facing the funding cutoff, OU Health's Oklahoma Children's Hospital announced it would stop providing gender-affirming care to minors.