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

A Savannah police officer, Amber Harpe, gave her Flock license-plate-reader login to her husband, identified in interviews as ICE agent Tyler Harpe, who used it to run roughly 983 searches from January to July 2026. The searches involved 97 identifiable plates across six states, with 48 South Carolina plates accounting for 788 entries; department records note most registered vehicle owners identified were Hispanic. Tyler Harpe said he lacked a federal Flock account, used his wife’s credentials for about four months to locate ICE targets with active warrants, and denied any personal use. An internal audit flagged the unusually high volume, prompting an investigation that confirmed Harpe shared her username and password and that the searches were logged under her account.

Department leaders concluded the credential sharing violated Savannah Police Department information-management policy by undermining audit integrity and allowing unauthorized access to a sensitive system, exposing the city to legal and reputational risk given SPD’s nonparticipation in federal immigration enforcement. Supervisors split over punishment - one recommended a short suspension citing lack of personal gain, while others urged termination because of intentional sharing and the scale of activity; Harpe was fired effective Sept. 26 and later withdrew a civil-service appeal. She acknowledged sharing credentials but argued she was assisting legitimate law enforcement and that termination was excessive.