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Georgia police chief charged with using license plate readers to stalk and harass people

BRASELTON, Ga. (AP) — A police chief in suburban Atlanta has been arrested on charges that he used the city’s automated license plate recognition cameras to stalk and harass multiple people. Michael Steffman, 49, had been the police chief ...

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AI involvement not assessed

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Sources

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    apnews.com via AI Incident Database: Georgia police chief charged with using license plate readers to stalk and harass people (opens a new tab)

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    AI Incident Database incident 1760 (opens a new tab)

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APA

KEVWire. (2026, October 18). Georgia police chief charged with using license plate readers to stalk and harass people. https://kevwire.com/record/aiid-georgia-plate-readers-stalk-harass-chief-arrested-39adb6f89fc2074da61f2801fef3f180-db2ea5fb0438

MLA

"Georgia police chief charged with using license plate readers to stalk and harass people." KEVWire, 18 Oct. 2026, kevwire.com/record/aiid-georgia-plate-readers-stalk-harass-chief-arrested-39adb6f89fc2074da61f2801fef3f180-db2ea5fb0438.

Chicago

KEVWire. "Georgia police chief charged with using license plate readers to stalk and harass people." Last modified October 18, 2026. https://kevwire.com/record/aiid-georgia-plate-readers-stalk-harass-chief-arrested-39adb6f89fc2074da61f2801fef3f180-db2ea5fb0438.

Evidence summary (plain text)

Georgia police chief charged with using license plate readers to stalk and harass people (Oct 18, 2026).
BRASELTON, Ga. (AP) — A police chief in suburban Atlanta has been arrested on charges that he used the city’s automated license plate recognition cameras to stalk and harass multiple people.

Michael Steffman, 49, had been the police chief ...
Sources:
apnews.com via AI Incident Database: Georgia police chief charged with using license plate readers to stalk and harass people: https://apnews.com/article/georgia-plate-readers-stalk-harass-chief-arrested-39adb6f89fc2074da61f2801fef3f180
AI Incident Database incident 1760: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1760/
AI Incident Database syndication feed: https://incidentdatabase.ai/rss.xml
Record ID: aiid-georgia-plate-readers-stalk-harass-chief-arrested-39adb6f89fc2074da61f2801fef3f180-db2ea5fb0438.
Record origin: Ingested record.
AI evidence: Not assessed.
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