It sounds like they need a little more oversight but if you read the article the cop was working around the safeguards and using real case #s and whatnot.
The audit caught him though which is a good thing. The not so great thing is that this was an audit to figure out their usage for re,doing licenses, and not a routine audit to check for...behavior like this.
The biggest issue I have with all of this is that he resigned before the merit board could make a determination...so what? That's that? I'd imagine they can still make a determination.
These tools should be secured so that only a properly Appointed, Licensed and Barred Judge may use the facial recognition software. It's clear that Officers shouldn't be allowed...they misuse the tools too often.
No joke, years ago a deputy got busted handcuffing a mentally disabled woman and dragging her by her ankles down a set of stairs on his body cam.
They fucking let him resign after the scandal and he went to the very next county over (my county) and got a job as a deputy on our sheriff's department where he's been ever since despite dozens of complaints.