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    „Herde strömte herauf“ Wie eine Nummernschildkamera das Leben eines Mannes falsch interpretierte.


    „Herde strömte herauf“ Wie eine Nummernschildkamera das Leben eines Mannes falsch interpretierte.

    https://www.businessinsider.com/flock-safety-alpr-cameras-misreads-2026-3

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    1. Haunterblademoi on

      This shows that this type of technology can fail and cause problems for someone.

    2. azscorpion on

      It wasn’t the license plate camera that unraveled his life, it was the cops. Cops should have pulled him over, verified the information, and let him go. Cops involved and City should be sued. Guns should not be drawn unless there is a confirmed threat.

    4. Marchello_E on

      >*Police records reviewed by Business Insider show what went wrong. A camera made by the technology startup Flock Safety misread the „7“ on Upchurch’s plate for a „2“ and pinged Wilson.*
      *Upchurch initially refused to turn off the engine or exit the truck, and repeatedly asked officers why he was being pulled over. An officer named Adrian Wilson warned that he would deploy his police dog if Upchurch didn’t get on the ground. As Upchurch began to get down, Wilson released the animal. The dog latched [..].*

      >*In a dozen instances, misreads by Flock’s automated license plate readers, or a lack of verification by officers, resulted in people who hadn’t committed crimes being stopped at gunpoint, sent to jail, or mauled by a police dog, among other outcomes.*

      A situation even worse than fascism.
      Like: Computer gave us a command and we obeyed without thought. What could possibly be wrong about a computer. It never even needed nor triggered our human response. What’s that anyway?

      A brave new World.

    5. Buttermilk-Waffles on

      Tbh people need to just start taking a hammer to every flock device they see at this point.

    7. Expensive_Finger_973 on

      >Last April, Upchurch filed a lawsuit against Wilson, the officer, and the city, claiming that „it is commonly known throughout the Toledo Police Department that the Flock system is unreliable and often misreads license plates.“

      Screw that noise. The answer is not build a better mouse trap. The answer is to verify what the fucking thing said before you literally sick the dogs on someone. We aren’t talking about a mistaken overcharge at a cash register here. Upchurch could have been killed, and was injured, due to this incompetence.

      Wilson had a laptop in his car that could have been used to look up the plate at the beginning of the stop before stepping out and pulling his gun did he not?

      $35k is not nearly enough to make an example and set a precedent against cops and municipalities that do this kind of aggressive and mindless policing based on careless application of technology, adrenaline, and FOFO mindsets.

    9. Outrageous_Spray_196 on

      A single error in automated systems can cascade into real human consequences—this shows how critical accuracy, oversight, and accountability are when technology is used in policing.

    11. SirCris on

      I got pulled over on my way to work a few months ago. I was aware of the police officer behind me for the whole time and I had my cruise control set to the speed limit. At one point he appeared he was going to pass me before falling back behind and activating his lights a few seconds later. I pulled into the next parking lot. He asked if I knew why I was being pulled over and I said I didn’t. He told me that my car had been reported as stolen. I looked at him confused and said I bouggt the car 10 years ago. I handed him my license and registration and he went back to his car. He came back a few minutes later and said everything checked out good and told me they got new license plate readers recently and the software had been making mistakes and he’d put in a request to clear it up. He handed me a note that I should present if I got pulled over again. Haven’t had any issues since then but it checks out.

    12. ora408 on

      Without a shock to the system like big financial and leadership consequences this will keep happening

    14. Naive_Trip9351 on

      It will be better when AI makes the decisions and deploys robots and drones to do the dirty work.

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