Ousted Savannah police officer gave ICE agent husband access to Flock system

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A now-former Savannah police officer gave her husband, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, access to the police department’s Flock license plate reader system, which he used to conduct hundreds of searches tied to ICE investigations, according to newly obtained documents reviewed by WJCL 22 News.

据 WJCL 22 新闻审阅的最新获取文件显示，萨凡纳警察局的一名前警官曾允许其身为美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）探员的丈夫使用警局的“Flock”车牌识别系统，该丈夫利用此权限进行了数百次与 ICE 调查相关的搜索。

The records show Amber Harpe’s husband did not have his own Flock account through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Harpe acknowledged giving him her Savannah Police Department username and password.

记录显示，安珀·哈普（Amber Harpe）的丈夫并没有通过美国国土安全部获得自己的 Flock 账户。哈普承认她将自己的萨凡纳警察局用户名和密码提供给了他。

Her husband told investigators he used the account to locate ICE targets who had active arrest warrants. He said every search was related to his federal law enforcement work and denied using the system for personal reasons.

她的丈夫告诉调查人员，他使用该账户是为了定位那些持有有效逮捕令的 ICE 目标人物。他表示，每一次搜索都与他的联邦执法工作有关，并否认出于个人原因使用该系统。

The Savannah Police Department fired Harpe after concluding that she knowingly gave an unauthorized person access to a sensitive police system, violated department policy and compromised safeguards designed to track who was using law enforcement data.

萨凡纳警察局在得出结论后解雇了哈普，认为她明知故犯，允许未经授权的人员访问敏感的警务系统，违反了部门政策，并破坏了旨在追踪执法数据使用情况的安全保障措施。

The investigation began after an internal audit flagged an unusually high volume of searches through Harpe’s account between January and July 2026.

此次调查始于一次内部审计，该审计发现 2026 年 1 月至 7 月期间，通过哈普账户进行的搜索量异常之高。

The audit identified 983 search entries involving 97 identifiable license plates from Georgia, New Jersey, Maryland, Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina.

审计确定了 983 条搜索记录，涉及来自佐治亚州、新泽西州、马里兰州、佛罗里达州、南卡罗来纳州和北卡罗来纳州的 97 个可识别车牌。

South Carolina plates represented most of the activity. Forty-eight South Carolina plates accounted for 788 search entries, according to the records. Department documents also noted that most registered vehicle owners identified in the audit were Hispanic.

记录显示，南卡罗来纳州的车牌占了搜索活动的大部分。48 个南卡罗来纳州的车牌共计产生了 788 条搜索记录。部门文件还指出，审计中识别出的大多数注册车主均为西班牙裔。

During a July 27 administrative interview, Harpe told investigators she did not recognize the names connected to many of the searches. She said her husband performed most of them.

在 7 月 27 日的一次行政访谈中，哈普告诉调查人员，她并不认识与许多搜索结果相关联的名字。她说，大部分搜索都是她丈夫进行的。

Harpe attributed the searches involving Maryland and South Carolina plates, along with most of those involving Georgia vehicles, to her husband.

哈普将涉及马里兰州和南卡罗来纳州车牌的搜索，以及大多数涉及佐治亚州车辆的搜索，都归咎于她的丈夫。

She said she rarely used Flock herself and generally accessed it to help investigate missing-person cases involving behavioral health patients.

她说她自己很少使用 Flock，通常只有在协助调查涉及行为健康患者的失踪人口案件时才会访问该系统。

Harpe acknowledged that she allowed her husband to use her credentials and understood she was not permitted to share her access.

哈普承认她允许丈夫使用她的凭据，并明白自己是不被允许分享访问权限的。

Harpe’s husband’s name is redacted in the documents obtained by WJCL 22 News. However, audio from interview between Savannah Police and the husband identifies him Tyler Harpe, a federal ICE agent.

在 WJCL 22 新闻获取的文件中，哈普丈夫的名字被涂黑了。然而，萨凡纳警方与该丈夫访谈的录音显示，他名叫泰勒·哈普（Tyler Harpe），是一名联邦 ICE 探员。

During an Aug. 3 interview with Savannah police investigators, Harpe confirmed that he asked his wife for her login information because he did not have Flock access through his federal job.

在 8 月 3 日接受萨凡纳警方调查人员访谈时，哈普证实他向妻子索要了登录信息，因为他无法通过自己的联邦工作获得 Flock 的访问权限。

He said ICE had already developed “target packages” for the people he searched and that those individuals had active arrest warrants. Flock allowed him to try to locate them while working in the field, according to the investigative report.

据调查报告显示，他说 ICE 已经为他搜索的人员制定了“目标档案”，且这些人持有有效的逮捕令。Flock 系统使他能够在实地工作时尝试定位这些人。

Tyler Harpe estimated that he used the account for about four months. He said he stopped roughly three weeks before his interview because the agency no longer conducted vehicle stops and he no longer needed the system.

泰勒·哈普估计他使用该账户大约四个月。他说他在接受访谈前大约三周停止了使用，因为该机构不再进行车辆拦截，他也不再需要该系统了。

Harpe gave investigators a slightly different timeline, saying her husband stopped about a week before her interview because he was concerned she could face discipline.

哈普向调查人员提供的说法略有不同，称她的丈夫在接受访谈前约一周停止了使用，因为他担心她会面临纪律处分。

He denied searching for relatives, former romantic partners or anyone for personal reasons. He maintained that every person he searched was an ICE target and said the Flock information helped his agency locate wanted people with criminal histories.

他否认搜索过亲属、前恋人或出于任何个人原因搜索任何人。他坚称他搜索的每一个人都是 ICE 的目标，并表示 Flock 提供的信息帮助他的机构定位了有犯罪记录的通缉人员。

He also acknowledged that using another officer’s account could violate policy.

他还承认使用其他警官的账户可能违反了政策。

“The investigation established that Amber Harpe provided her Flock Safety credentials to her husband,” the final report said. “Both provided consistent statements that the searches involved ICE targets and were conducted for law-enforcement purposes.”

最终报告称：“调查证实，安珀·哈普向其丈夫提供了她的 Flock Safety 凭据。双方提供的陈述一致，即搜索涉及 ICE 目标，且是出于执法目的进行的。”

In the documents, Maj. Michelle Halford wrote that SPD does not participate in federal immigration enforcement. She said the demographic pattern identified in the audit, combined with Harpe’s husband’s role as an ICE agent, raised concerns that department resources had been used without authorization to further immigration enforcement.

在文件中，米歇尔·霍尔福德（Michelle Halford）少校写道，萨凡纳警察局不参与联邦移民执法。她说，审计中发现的人口统计模式，加上哈普丈夫作为 ICE 探员的身份，引发了人们的担忧，即部门资源在未经授权的情况下被用于推进移民执法。

Harpe’s decision gave her husband the ability to search for and track people through a Savannah police system even though he did not have independent access through his federal employment, Halford wrote.

霍尔福德写道，哈普的决定使她的丈夫能够通过萨凡纳警察局的系统搜索和追踪人员，尽管他并没有通过其联邦工作获得独立的访问权限。

She said the arrangement exposed the Police Department to legal and reputational risks.

她说，这种安排使警察局面临法律和声誉风险。

“Public trust is non-negotiable,” Halford wrote. “These tools exist to keep our community safe, not for personal or unauthorized use.”

“公众信任是不容商量的，”霍尔福德写道。“这些工具的存在是为了保障我们社区的安全，而不是为了个人或未经授权的使用。”

The investigation did not find that Harpe violated Georgia’s law governing automated license plate readers. The disciplinary case instead centered on an SPD information-management policy prohibiting employees from allowing unauthorized people to access city or department software.

调查并未发现哈普违反了佐治亚州关于自动车牌识别器的法律。纪律处分案件的重点在于萨凡纳警察局的一项信息管理政策，该政策禁止员工允许未经授权的人员访问城市或部门软件。

Department leaders agreed that Harpe violated policy, but they initially disagreed over whether she should be fired.

部门领导一致认为哈普违反了政策，但最初对于她是否应该被解雇存在分歧。

Interim Maj. Max Nowinsky sustained the allegation and recommended an eight-hour suspension.

临时少校马克斯·诺温斯基（Max Nowinsky）维持了这一指控，并建议停职八小时。

Nowinsky wrote that Harpe showed poor judgment by providing direct access to her husband. However, he also emphasized that investigators found no evidence the searches were conducted for personal reasons or personal gain.

诺温斯基写道，哈普向其丈夫提供直接访问权限的行为表现出判断力不足。然而，他也强调，调查人员没有发现任何证据表明这些搜索是出于个人原因或个人利益进行的。

He cited Georgia law allowing law enforcement agencies, including federal agencies, to exchange captured license plate data for legitimate law enforcement purposes.

他援引佐治亚州法律指出，该法律允许包括联邦机构在内的执法机构为合法的执法目的交换捕获的车牌数据。

Nowinsky also considered Harpe’s work history. She joined SPD in March 2020, served in the Behavioral Health Unit and had no prio

诺温斯基还考虑了哈普的工作履历。她于 2020 年 3 月加入萨凡纳警察局，在行为健康部门工作，此前并无（违纪记录）。