Channahon Police Officer Busted For Flock Camera Technology Violations: Department Reveals

CHANNAHON, IL — An undisclosed officer on the village of Channahon Police Department is on administrative leave from work as a result of a Flock camera investigation, the department revealed on Thursday night to its Facebook followers.

The Facebook post began with the following message to everyone: "The Village of Channahon takes the appropriate use of law enforcement technology seriously."

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The Channahon police then went on to explain that an internal audit of the Channahon Police Department discovered that an officer allegedly used the department Flock technology system for unauthorized purposes.

"The proper and authorized use of law enforcement technology is a serious matter," the agency emphasized. "The officer was immediately placed on administrative leave and an internal investigation was initiated. The officer remains on administrative leave as we continue to investigate the alleged misuse and this matter is also being reviewed by the Illinois State Police."

Channahon police said the department's "integrated technologies is what identified the alleged violation," adding, "Since the discovery, additional advanced audit tools have been put in place to strengthen our commitment to trust and accountability within the community we serve."

By 7 p.m., the police department Facebook page had generated about 35 comments, including this one from someone named Kenneth: "I appreciate the Channahon PD being open and transparent about this, and taking it seriously. That said the next steps taken needs to be to remove all FLOCK cameras from the village. This technology is incredibly invasive, and abuses like this are becoming waaaaay too common."

Last week, Joliet Patch produced an updated story regarding the Flock camera investigation of an area police official: Jeremy Harrison, the embattled Joliet police lieutenant who has not been allowed to work for the past 13 months now.

Patch reported that the process of terminating Harrison that began last December has dragged on, and it seems unlikely that a final decision on Harrison's job status will be resolved anytime soon. Efforts to terminate Harrison came as a result of allegations he misused the Joliet Police Department's Flock license plate reader system for personal reasons.

Joliet Mayor Terry D'Arcy's five-person appointed fire and police board conducted closed-door termination hearings involving Harrison in May, but the board has spent all summer sitting on the case, doing nothing of consequence.

"Specifically, Lieutenant Harrison accessed the Flock system on approximately eight occasions on or around July 2025 to search the personal license plate of a Joliet Police Officer ... and he conducted approximately 153 searches for (the female officer's) license plate. At the time of Lieutenant Harrison's Flock searches, the Joliet Police Department was not conducting any active police investigations into (the officer) and her vehicle was not associated with any active investigations," the termination furnished to Harrison from Joliet police chief Bill Evans outlined last December.