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LMPD fires Brennan Keen and charges him with tipping a relative about a police investigation

Louisville, KentuckyPublished 6 Sep 2026

Court records say the 22-year-old officer warned a family member that police knew their vehicle, then the new one, and ran warrant checks. LMPD says the charges were not Flock searches.

Louisville Metro Police fired Officer Brennan Keen, 22, and charged him with first-degree official misconduct and fourth-degree unlawful access to a computer. Records allege he used police resources in June to warn a relative who was a person of interest, including vehicle information and warrant checks. LMPD said the charges were not related to Flock cameras. He is due in court Oct. 8.

Shared facts

Brennan Keen is 22 years old.

Court records said the family member was a person of interest in an ongoing investigation.

Records allege Keen told the relative that police knew their vehicle information.

The relative then got a new vehicle.

Keen later told the relative that police knew about the new vehicle and were tracking it.

Keen ran the relative's name through a police search tool for warrants.

A criminal summons said Keen used police resources to intentionally hinder investigation or prosecution against a family member.

Keen is charged with official misconduct and unlawful access to a computer.

Louisville Metro Police fired Brennan Keen.

LMPD fired Keen in July.

LMPD said Keen's charges were not related to Flock camera searches.

Keen is due in court Oct. 8.

Disputed facts

Sources disagree on whether Keen's alleged conduct was June 14–15 or ran from mid-June into mid-July.

WDRB

LMPD officer fired, accused of tipping off relative about police investigation

Gilbert Corsey

Published 2 Sep 2026 accessed 6 Sep 2026

Facts

Police said Keen warned a relative about an investigation.

Both charges are misdemeanors.

An LMPD spokesperson said Keen received an alert to be on the lookout for a person who turned out to be his cousin.

LMPD said the person of interest was Keen's cousin.

Sanders said LMPD considers the case open and active.

LMPD did not release the relative's name.

It is unclear if police ever arrested Keen's family member.

Opinion

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Louisville Courier Journal

Ex-LMPD officer charged over allegedly aiding relative under investigation

Josh Wood

Published 3 Sep 2026 accessed 6 Sep 2026

Facts

First-degree official misconduct is punishable by up to 12 months behind bars if convicted.

Fourth-degree unlawful access to a computer carries a maximum sentence of 90 days.

Flock Safety is an automated license plate reading camera system used by LMPD.

No attorney for Keen was listed in online court records.

The city's salary database lists Keen as an LMPD officer who has made nearly $52,000 so far this year.

The camera system has been in the national and local spotlight amid officer-misuse cases and public backlash.

Opinion

The Courier Journal described Flock Safety as controversial.

WLKY

LMPD officer fired for allegedly tipping off family member to investigation

Alex Suckow

Published 3 Sep 2026 accessed 6 Sep 2026

Facts

When police caught on to the new vehicle, they shared that info via police communication.

Keen then also shared the warrant-search information.

A police merit board meeting on Thursday announced Keen had been dismissed from the department.

Keen's violations were confidential police business and conduct unbecoming.

WLKY does not know what the family member was being investigated for.

Opinion

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