A former police officer has admitted to illegally searching the phones of 20 women during traffic stops to obtain nude photos.

While on duty and in uniform as a Florissant, Missouri police officer, Julian Alcala pulled over women in a marked police vehicle between February 6 and May 18, 2024.

Alcala, 30, admitted to the U.S District Court that he took each victim’s mobile phone away from them and back to his patrol car.

He told 19 of the women that he needed to access their phones to confirm insurance coverage, and told the remaining woman that he was checking her vehicle registration.

Without a warrant or probable cause, Alcala then searched through the phones.

Using his own phone, he would take photographs of one or more images that portrayed either the victim or a loved one in a pa

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