Documents: Police officer gave her Flock login to her ICE agent husband

What happened

Newly obtained documents show that Amber Harpe gave her husband, Tyler Harpe, access to the Savannah Police Department's Flock system. Flock is a camera system that reads license plates. Tyler Harpe is an agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a federal agency. He did not have his own Flock account through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He used her username and password to run hundreds of searches tied to ICE work. The police fired Amber Harpe.

Key numbers and facts

• An internal audit found 983 search entries between January and July 2026.
• The searches involved 97 license plates from six states: Georgia, New Jersey, Maryland, Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina.
• Forty-eight South Carolina plates made up 788 of the search entries.
• Tyler Harpe said he used the account for about four months.

How the misuse came to light

An internal audit flagged an unusually high number of searches through Amber Harpe's account. During an interview, she said she did not recognize many of the names linked to the searches. She said her husband ran most of them. She also said she rarely used Flock herself. She admitted she knew she was not allowed to share her access. Tyler Harpe told investigators that ICE had made 'target packages' for the people he searched, and that these people had active arrest warrants. He said he used Flock to find them in the field.

Why it matters

The police said Amber Harpe broke department rules. She gave access to someone who was not allowed to use a sensitive police system. This made it harder to track who was using law enforcement data. Department documents also noted that most of the vehicle owners in the audit were Hispanic. This story raises questions about how police camera data is shared and who is allowed to see it.

What to watch

• Whether more officers or agencies are investigated for sharing Flock access.
• Whether Savannah changes how it controls and tracks logins to Flock.
• How the city and state respond to questions about the searches.