“I CAN TRACK ANYONE I WANT THROUGH THIS SYSTEM”!!! BELIEVE IT OR NOT, INVESTIGATORS SAY A TEXAS POLICE OFFICER USED HIS DEPARTMENT’S FLOCK CAMERAS TO SEARCH AN EX-GIRLFRIEND’S LICENSE PLATE MORE THAN 10,000 TIMES… AND HE NOW FACES 100 CRIMINAL CHARGES BEHIND BARS.
A Lufkin police officer is facing 100 counts of misuse of official information following an internal audit.
Investigators say Zachary Anthony Klein used the department’s Flock camera system to repeatedly search license plates connected to people in his personal life.
Klein is an 11-year member of the Lufkin Police Department.
According to an arrest affidavit, Klein allegedly searched one ex-girlfriend’s license plate more than 10,000 times between June 2024 and December 2025.
Investigators reported that an audit found searches that appeared inconsistent with legitimate criminal investigations.
Records allegedly showed Klein searched multiple license plates tied to people he personally knew more than 1,000 times each.
Yet the overwhelming majority of the searches involved his former girlfriend.
Other alleged searches in the system were connected to the ex-girlfriend’s family members.
Investigators noted queries connected to past romantic interests of the ex-girlfriend as well.
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And additional searches were connected to romantic interests of Klein himself.
On Aug. 20, Klein was arrested by the Texas Rangers.
He was initially charged with tampering with a governmental record and abuse of official capacity.
Then an Angelina County grand jury indicted him on 100 counts of misuse of official information.
Klein remains in custody at the Angelina County Jail.
He is being held on three charge entries with bonds totaling $700,000.
The Lufkin Police Department has suspended its use of Flock cameras while the investigation continues.
A second officer was also placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into that officer’s use of the system.
That second officer has not been publicly identified.
The case comes as Flock camera technology continues to generate debate over privacy, oversight and law enforcement access to license plate data.
The charges are allegations and have not been proven in court.
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