1. A FLOCK Alert received from a City of Pittsburg LPR that a vehicle that had been reported as having been stolen out of Kansas City, Missouri, and had passed by a LPR camera. Officers arrived in the area and were able to locate the vehicle. The vehicle was occupied by two subjects, who were later arrested for possession of stolen property or services: value $25,000 - $100,000. Also located inside of the stolen vehicle, was a .45 caliber handgun, which was reported as stolen. Both suspects were additionally charged with felony possession of a firearm. One of the suspects had previously been convicted of a felony crime and was also charged with: criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
2. The Pittsburg Police Department assisted the Crawford County Sheriff's Department regarding a shooting suspect. The Pittsburgh Police Department's Crime Analyst Unit located a suspect vehicle using FLOCK, linked to a known associate of the suspect. An ATL with the vehicle's FLOCK Image and license plate information was sent by PPD's CAU to neighboring agencies. The suspect was later located and arrested.
3. FLOCK Alert received from City of Pittsburg LPR showing a stolen vehicle reported to be stolen from Joplin Missouri, northbound leaving the City of Pittsburg and the Crawford County Sheriffs Department was notified because the vehicle left Pittsburg City Limits before officers arrival. CRSO located the vehicle north of Arma and a traffic stop was conducted. There were three juveniles occupying the vehicle, three firearms were located inside of the vehicle which were seized and logged into evidence.
4. The Pittsburgh Police Department's Crime Analyst Unit assisted Topeka Police Department with locating a maroon Ford Explorer that was associated with a Homicide Investigation in their jurisdiction. By utilizing FLOCK, we were able to see the vehicle entering the City of Pittsburg at a time that assisted Topeka PD with their timeline of events with the homicide. The maroon Ford Explorer was located during a drug search warrant the following day and possession of the vehicle was passed to a detective with the Topeka PD so that they could execute a search warrant on the vehicle.
Also, during this incident, FLOCK assisted with identifying a stolen 2015 Dodge Charger (Scat Pack edition). Upon utilizing FLOCK to identify the license plate of the Charger when the investigation into this incident started, it was learned that the license plate being displayed on this vehicle was registered to a white V6 Dodge Charger, not a dark Blue Dodge Charger V8 that it was displayed on. During the search warrant execution, a KHP trooper arrived on the scene with an electric code reader and found another VIN stamped to the vehicle. Upon running that VIN# it was learned that the Dodge Charger Scat Pack had been stolen out of Oakland County Michigan.
5. A vehicle was reported to be stolen out of Pittsburg and entered NCIC. On the same date, CAU searched FLOCK for the vehicle, which included neighboring agencies. CAU located the vehicle in Neosho County Kansas, and the Neosho County Sheriff's Department was contacted regarding its last location. A Neosho County deputy conducted a traffic stop and arrested a suspect. Drugs and forgery equipment were also located in the vehicle. The suspect was subsequently arrested for: forgery, making or altering a written instrument, possession of stolen property, possession of opiates, possession of drug paraphernalia, display or possess fraudulent ID Card, and driving while suspended. The suspect also had a Crawford County warrant.
6. Theft of two vehicles stolen from the same apartment complex. A FLOCK Alert received from a City of Pittsburg LPR showing one of the stolen vehicles passed by an LPR camera. Officers located the vehicle parked in front of a residence in Frontenac. As officers approached the vehicle, it fled the area and officers pursued the vehicle. The pursuit ended when the suspect struck a tree in Crawford County just outside of the Pittsburg City Limits. Upon further investigation, three suspects were identified and a PCA was submitted to the Crawford County Attorney requesting criminal charges for: Theft; Value $25,000-$100,000 for the three individuals. An ongoing investigation led to both vehicles being recovered.
7. A FLOCK Alert received from a City of Pittsburg LPR of a vehicle associated with a wanted individual having a warrant. An officer conducted a traffic stop and the driver was found to have an active felony warrant. The suspect was arrested and transported to the CRCO Jail.
8. There were multiple dates in which two suspect vehicles were located on FLOCK LPRs in Pittsburg and the surrounding area. It is believed that there are multiple instances of these subjects fraudulently using financial cards and committing Identity fraud, as the financial cards used to make the fuel purchases were cloned. One of the identified suspects had been previously involved in three fraud cases in Crawford County. After the suspect vehicles were identified, a FLOCK custom hotlist alert was created. The suspect vehicles came back to Pittsburg and a FLOCK alert was received. Law enforcement to intercept the suspects before they could commit another crime. With the help of FLOCK, both suspects were arrested and arrested with identity fraud, theft by deception, and criminal use of a financial card.
9. FLOCK software was used to search for a vehicle that was captured on a home surveillance camera picking up a homicide suspect shortly after the homicide was committed. The vehicle was identified in the FLOCK software and able to be linked to the suspect. The vehicle was located a short time later and after a search warrant was obtained the suspect was located hiding in the attic and safely taken into custody. Without the software, the identification of the vehicle would have taken much longer, possibly allowing time for the suspect to flee the area.
