The Owasso Police Department is investigating activity flagged during an internal audit of its Flock Safety camera system. The review concerns activity recorded under the user accounts of two department employees, with investigators working to determine whether either employee violated department policy.
The department uses Flock cameras positioned around Owasso to scan passing vehicles. The investigation focuses on activity within that system. As of November 7, the administrative investigations remained underway, and whether the flagged activity amounted to a policy violation had not been determined.
In a statement shared by Owasso Police Captain Nick Boatman, the department said an auditor identified potentially suspicious activity during a routine internal review. The auditor then referred the matter to the Professional Standards Division to investigate whether the employees associated with the two accounts had violated policy.
Boatman could not identify the employees or explain precisely what activity had drawn the auditor’s attention. The department also declined to discuss the matter further while the investigations continued. Its statement described the activity as potentially suspicious, leaving the question of whether a violation occurred to the administrative review.
Owasso resident Seth Edwards, who recently learned about the investigation, said the response to its findings matters to him. He expressed support for giving police the tools they need to investigate crimes and find offenders, while also raising concerns about the privacy implications of the Flock camera system.
Edwards said those concerns include the ability to track where people are at particular times and share information with other states through a database. For him, support for police investigative tools comes with questions about how the information collected through those tools could be used.
His main concern, Edwards said, is the possibility of misuse for personal purposes. He cited stalking someone or looking up information about an ex as examples of the conduct he worries about. Those comments described his broader concerns about potential misuse, rather than details disclosed by police about the activity under investigation in Owasso.
Edwards said he wants accountability and transparency if investigators conclude that the system was misused. For now, the department’s review must establish what happened within the two employee accounts and whether that activity breached policy. The information released so far does not resolve either question.
