The Milwaukee Police Department has cut off access to its automated license plate reader database for a majority of its officers, according to a department spokesperson.
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It comes after former MPD officer Josue Ayala was charged two weeks ago with attempted misconduct in public office. Prosecutors say Ayala used Flock Safety’s surveillance database 179 times to track his partner and that person’s ex…