On August 21, 2026 I sent this email to the Ottawa, Kansas Chief of Police:
Hello Chief Weingartner,
I am writing you to respectfully request you to terminate the use of the Flock cameras in town. My request comes from the growing concerns about potential for 4th Amendment violations across the country. The Flock Transparency Portal shows the four cameras in town only yield a .7% match to potential hotlist plates, while 99.3% of innocent Americans are being recorded and stored in the Flock database.
Additionally, it seems we are seeing more and more instances of misuse of these systems, with several recent incidents nearby and all across the country.
I further ask you to audit the use of the Flock database in your department. I was on a website two days ago that allowed me to see how many times your officers accessed Flock to perform searches. I do not recall which website, but, if the data is correct, you have one officer that has over 200 searches, and your next highest officer is at 70. It would appear there is a potential that this officer in question is misusing governmental information systems or worse.
Please, be proactive, stop using Flock, use the exit clause in your contract immediately and show your residents their right to privacy matters to you and avoid any potentially costly litigation on this matter.
Respectfully,
Daniel Williams
I received an Out of Office reply.
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Two days later, I followed up with this information:
Chief,
As a follow up to my previous email, the officer in question is Aaron Procaccini.
On Fri, Aug 21, 2026 at 7:35 PM Adam Weingartner <aweingartner@ottawaks.gov> wrote:
I am out of the office and not available. Please call 785-242-2561 Ext. 0 for assistance.
Thank you.
He still has not replied to either of my emails even though he has been at work. Can anyone confirm this is his email address or does he have a PD email?
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