Incidents gathered from public reporting around the world. Each one links to the articles it came from. None of it is a finding that anyone broke the law.
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An automated license plate reader flagged a family's vehicle as stolen, causing police to detain a young couple with a baby at gunpoint.
The system tracked a woman's location and movements, and the officer shared that information with his cousin.
The data centers emitted constant low hum and bright lights, disturbing nearby residents.
Flagged Amber Newell's vehicle as connected to a homicide, leading to a gunpoint traffic stop.
The system collected and stored license plate data of vehicles, and the records were not provided to Jose Rodriguez upon his public records request.
The system captured and retained license plate data of a police officer, which was misused by others.
The Flock ALPR system flagged a vehicle as matching a suspect's car, leading to the arrest of Hugo Parra and Ariel Alonso Beltran.
Police wrongfully jailed Lindsey Isaacs for 13 days after license plate reader data linked her to a fatal crash.
The facial recognition system misidentified Angela Lipps as a North Dakota bank fraud suspect, leading to her arrest and nearly six months in jail.
The system tracked and shared the location of a woman's vehicle with her alleged abuser.
The system flagged Lindsey Brooke Isaacs' vehicle as near the scene, contributing to her arrest.
The system incorrectly identified a vehicle as stolen, leading to a traffic stop and detention of the driver at gunpoint.
The system identified Lindsey Isaacs' vehicle as being near a fatal crash, leading to her wrongful arrest and 13-day imprisonment.
The system records license plates, pictures, and video of vehicles and individuals, tracking their movements without a warrant.
The Flock camera system allowed a police officer to search a woman's license plate 382 times without authorization, enabling unauthorized surveillance of her movements.
Flock cameras captured images and location data of vehicles and pedestrians, providing law enforcement with a searchable database of individuals' movements without warrants.
The Flock license plate camera system was used to track and harass a woman's movements.
The system tracked the location of the ex-cop's girlfriend.
The system identified Lindsey Isaacs as a suspect in a triple vehicular homicide, leading to her arrest and 13 days in jail.
Meta AI Glasses captured faces, bodies, voices, and personal information of millions of bystanders, including minors, without consent and funneled the data to human reviewers for AI training.
The system scanned license plates and led to police stops or accusations against individuals.
The system flagged her vehicle as a potential match to one near a fatal hit-and-run crash, leading to her arrest on eight felony counts and 13 days in jail
Flock camera data falsely identified Lindsey Isaacs as the driver in a fatal hit-and-run, leading to her arrest and felony charges.
Each incident is written from the reporting or the account it cites. A report is an allegation, not a finding.
