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AI mistakes that could cost lives. Flock cameras are getting exposed and citizens are not happy. https://t.co/HRrQD40hrs

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Automotive journalist Joel Fetter’s stop by Plymouth police became a case study in how automated license plate reader technology can misidentify people. Fetter said that after leaving Kohl’s in Plymouth, he saw four police cars surrounding him with lights and sirens while he was boxed in and pinned in. He followed officers’ orders, including answering whether he was armed, and officers kept their hands on their holsters without drawing weapons. Officers eventually told Fetter the reason for the stop: his license plate was registered as stolen. Fetter said he had enough documentation to convince them it was not stolen and learned he had been on their radar for a while. Plymouth police described receiving a list of vehicle plates placed on the Flock system on June 26 and June 28, including on the day they surrounded him. Reporting described how Flock operates through tens of thousands of cameras and license plate readers. The company reported that 20 billion vehicles pass its cameras every month and that its readers accurately capture 93% of license plates. Plymouth was described as having 15 intersections with Flock cameras, including one that tracked Fetter into the Kohl’s parking lot. Even when the system reads a plate correctly, human error was cited as a factor, including a mismatch where Fetter’s plate was identified as “3410 DTM,” while the “Flock” picked up “34 DTM,” with a “10” not appearing to matter. Police believed someone in Los Angeles originally reported a plate missing with different small numbers where the “10” was on the Range Rover. The transcript also noted that Flock’s 7% inaccurate reading rate can result in about 1.4 billion instances per month when police get no information or bad information. Misuse of surveillance technology was described by the ACLU of Minnesota as including officers using alerts to stalk romantic interests. In this case, Flock told Fox 9 that incidents like this are taken seriously and that alerts should be treated as investigative leads, with officers independently verifying license plates, vehicle details, and surrounding circumstances before enforcement action. The transcript referenced legal concerns as well, describing arguments that tracking without a warrant would be unlawful absent exigent circumstances and that exigent circumstances are usually emergencies. The overall message emphasized that even innocent people can become caught in surveillance systems, and that the ability of these technologies to amplify human error can lead to stops regardless of whether someone is doing something wrong.

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Speaker 1: showdown between a Minnesota man and Plymouth police officers. They thought he had stolen a $150,000 car based on bad information in the flock system. Fox 9's Korten Hoggard shows us the consequences and what an innocent man's story says about the broader increase in surveillance. Speaker 6: Rolling around in a Range Rover is all in a day's work for automotive journalist Joel Fetter. But TheDrive.com did not sign him up for what happened when he walked out of Kohl's in Plymouth. Speaker 4: And I see two cop cars lit up with sirens blasting coming in the backup camera from the passenger side. Then I looked to my left in the glass, and all of a sudden I see two more cop cars coming from my driver's side. So now I'm boxed and pinned in, and I got four cop cars, lights going. Can you come out to me, please? Speaker 6: Fetter followed every order from wary officers. Speaker 5: Are you armed at all? No. Speaker 6: He says the officers had their hands on their holsters, but they never drew weapons, so the interaction stayed tense but manageable. And eventually an officer revealed the reason for their suspicion. Speaker 5: The reason you have four cops here is because your license plate is registered as stolen license plates. Speaker 6: Fetter had enough documentation to convince them it was not stolen and found out he'd been on their radar for a while. Speaker 0: They hit on our license plate readers the other day too. Speaker 4: I said, how'd you do that? And they said, well, there's flock cameras around here. Speaker 6: Tens of thousands of flock cameras. There we go. License plates all over the country. The company reports 20 billion vehicles pass its cameras every month, and its readers accurately capture 93% of the license plates. Plymouth alone has 15 intersections with flock cameras, including this one that tracked Fetter right into the Kohl's parking lot. But even when the camera reads the plate correctly, human error can lead to surveillance mistakes. Speaker 4: My plate was 3410 DTM. The plate flocked. picked up was 34 DTM. A 10 didn't seem to matter. Speaker 6: Police believe someone in LA originally reported a plate missing with different small numbers where the 10 was on this Range Rover. Speaker 5: I'm pretty sure it's the other plate that's got stolen or lost. Speaker 6: Flock's 7% inaccurate reading rate also means about 1.4 billion times every month when police get no information or bad information. Speaker 2: You're innocent until proven guilty, not guilty until you prove your innocence. Speaker 3: He's lucky that the stop only involved their hands on the guns and no drawn guns. Speaker 6: The ACLU of Minnesota is tracking misuses and abuses of surveillance technology, including officers using alerts to stalk romantic interests. In this case, Flock told us, quote, we take incidents like this seriously and are looking closely at what happened. An alert should be one part of an investigation, not the whole basis for a stop. We consistently advise law enforcement agencies that alerts should be treated as investigative leads and that officers should independently verify the license plates, vehicle details, and surrounding circumstances before taking any enforcement action. Speaker 3: I don't know how the Plymouth Police were supposed to Distinguished, they received a report from Flock that this vehicle, 34 DTM, was a stolen vehicle. So they pulled it over. Speaker 6: Plymouth officers tell us they received a list of the vehicle placed on Flock on June 26th and June 28th, the day they surrounded Federer. Speaker 3: That would be an unlawful use to track an individual without a warrant. Exigent circumstances are usually emergencies. Speaker 6: Exigent circumstances are the only reason Minnesota law allows law enforcement to use automated license plate readers like Phlox to monitor or track the subject of a criminal investigation without a warrant. John Beeler says this may be an inappropriate use, and it shows that even innocent people can end up caught in the surveillance web. Speaker 3: The growing use of these technologies and their growing ability should concern people because, as Joel learned, whether or not you're doing something wrong doesn't stop you from Speaker 6: Being stopped through these technologies. Speaker 2: Innocent until proven guilty. Speaker 4: Driving across Minnesota with similar dealer plates. We've got a confluence of issues of a human error. It happens. Humans make errors. It got amplified by a nationwide surveillance system we're now employing. Speaker 6: Bad data in means bad data out for Big Brother. In Plymouth, Coren Hoggart, Fox 9. Speaker 2: So I just like to remind folks that Flock is not the only company and cities have been using cameras for years over our intersections. Like, but I'm glad that people are starting to notice this. We're in a surveillance state. Like they've been slowly walking us here for years and here we are. And we're starting to get some of the results from that. The ramifications aren't going to be good when you are assumed guilty. Before you're innocent, before you have to prove you're innocent, that is not our Constitution. That's not our government. I don't know who they think they're using, but it's not ours. That's not our Constitution. Go read our Constitution.

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Flock Camera Error Leads To Tense Police Encounter In Plymouth https://t.co/Lun88q98xi

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Joel Fetter, an automotive journalist, experienced a tense confrontation after leaving Kohl’s in Plymouth, Minnesota, during which multiple Plymouth police cars surrounded his Range Rover. Fetter said officers pulled in from both sides and he was “boxed and pinned” with four police vehicles and lights on, and he repeatedly told them, including that he was not armed. Fetter followed officers’ orders, and although officers kept their hands on their holsters, they did not draw weapons. An officer later explained the reason: Fetter’s license plate was registered in a flock system as stolen. Fetter had documentation showing the plate was not stolen and learned he had been on police radar for a while. Fetter also said Plymouth officers told him the same missing-plate alert had appeared for other cars driving across Minnesota with similar dealer plates. Courtney Hoggard reported that flock uses cameras to read license plates automatically across the country. The company reports 20 billion vehicles pass its cameras each month and its readers capture 93% of license plates, and Plymouth has 15 intersections with flock cameras, including one that tracked Fetter into the Kohl’s parking lot. The transcript also notes that even correct camera reads can lead to errors due to human error, and that a small number difference mattered: Fetter’s plate was “3410 DTM,” while the system reported “34 DTM,” and the “10” difference allegedly did not seem to matter. Police said someone in Los Angeles originally reported a plate missing with small-number differences, where the “10” was on Fetter’s Range Rover. The transcript states flock has a 7% inaccuracy reading rate, and that when police receive no information or bad information, errors can cascade into unnecessary stops. It adds that exigent circumstances are usually emergencies and that Minnesota law allows warrantless monitoring or tracking via automated license plate readers only under exigent circumstances. The ACLU of Minnesota is tracking misuses of surveillance technology, including officers using alerts to stalk romantic interests. In this case, flock told the outlet that alerts should be treated as investigative leads and that officers should independently verify license plates, vehicle details, and surrounding circumstances before taking enforcement action. The transcript concludes with a separate update: in Wisconsin, Milwaukee detective Tehranji Chapman was accused of misusing the department’s flock system, allegedly tracking a victim’s car nearly two dozen times for personal reasons. He is charged with misconduct in public office and misuse of a GPS device.

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Speaker 5: A mistake with new technology has led to a tense showdown between a Minnesota man and Plymouth police officers. They thought he had stolen a $150,000 car based on bad information in the flock system. Speaker 6: Fox 9's Courtney Hoggard shows us the consequences and what an innocent man's story says about the broader increase in surveillance. Speaker 3: Rolling around in a Range Rover is all in a day's work for automotive journalist Joel Fetter. But TheDrive.com did not sign him up for what happened when he walked out of Kohl's in Plymouth. Speaker 1: And I see two cop cars lit up with sirens blasting coming in the backup camera from the passenger side. Then I looked to my left in the glass and all of a sudden I see two more cop cars coming from my driver's side. So now I'm boxed and pinned in and I got four cop cars Lights going. Can you come out to me, please? Speaker 3: Fetter followed every order from wary officers. Speaker 4: Are you armed at all? No. Speaker 3: He says the officers had their hands on their holsters, but they never drew weapons, so the interaction stayed tense but manageable. and eventually an officer revealed the reason for their suspicion. Speaker 4: The reason you have four cops here is because your license plate is registered as stolen license plates. Speaker 3: Fetter had enough documentation to convince them it was not stolen and found out he'd been on their radar for a while. Speaker 0: It hit on our license plate readers the other day too. Speaker 3: I said, how'd you do that? And they said, well, there's flock cameras around here. Tens of thousands of flock cameras automatically read license plates all over the country. The company reports 20 billion vehicles pass its cameras every month, and its readers accurately capture 93% of the license plates. Plymouth alone has 15 intersections with flock cameras, including this one that tracked Fetter right into the Kohl's parking lot. But even when the camera reads the plate correctly, human error can lead to surveillance mistakes. Speaker 1: My plate was 3410 DTM. The plate flocked picked up was 34 DTM. That 10 didn't seem to matter. Speaker 3: Police believe someone in L.A. originally reported a plate missing with different small numbers where the 10 was on this Range Rover. Speaker 4: I'm pretty sure it's the other plate that's got stolen or lost. Speaker 3: Flock 7% inaccurate reading rate also means about 1.4 billion times every month when police get no information or bad information, opening the door for a cascade of mistakes to escalate into unnecessary police stops. Speaker 2: He's lucky that the stop only involved their hands on the guns and no drawn guns. Speaker 3: The ACLU of Minnesota is tracking misuses and abuses of surveillance technology, including officers using alerts to stalk romantic interests. In this case, Flock told us, quote, we take incidents like this seriously and are looking closely at what happened. An alert should be one part of an investigation, not the whole basis for a stop. We consistently advise law enforcement agencies that alerts should be treated as investigative leads and that officers should independently verify the license plates, vehicle details, and surrounding circumstances before taking any enforcement action. Speaker 2: I don't know how the Plymouth Police were supposed to Distinguished. They received a report from Flock that this vehicle, 34 DTM, was a stolen vehicle. So they pulled it over. Speaker 3: Plymouth officers tell us they received alerts for the vehicle plate via Flock on June 26th and June 28th, the day they surrounded Fetter. Speaker 2: That would be an unlawful use to track an individual without a warrant. Exigent circumstances are usually emergencies. Speaker 3: Exigent circumstances are the only reason Minnesota law allows law enforcement to use automated license plate readers like Phlox to monitor or track the subject of a criminal investigation without a warrant. John Beeler says this may be an inappropriate use and it shows that even innocent people can end up caught in the surveillance web. Speaker 2: The growing use of these technologies and their growing ability should concern people because as Joel learned, whether or not you're doing something wrong doesn't stop you from being stopped through these technologies. Speaker 3: Fetter says officers even told him the same missing plate alert came up for other cars driving across Minnesota with similar dealer plates. Speaker 1: We've got a confluence of issues of a human error. It happens. Humans make errors. It got amplified by a nationwide surveillance system we're now employing. Speaker 3: Bad data in means bad data out for Big Brother. In Plymouth, Corin Hoggart, Fox 9. Speaker 5: Well then, across the border in Wisconsin, a Milwaukee detective is accused of misusing the police department's flock system. Our affiliate there reports that 51-year-old Tehranji Chapman has been with the department for 22 years. He was reportedly assigned to an internal investigation of a different officer's misuse of the system when it came to light that he had misused it as well. Prosecutors say that he tracked a victim's car nearly two dozen times, later admitting to using the system for personal reasons. Chapman is now charged with misconduct in public office and misuse of a GPS device.

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Last night, @BeniOren1 deleted his account after these videos were discovered on his account. I put them all together in sequence of when he posted them. They appear to have been near the ignition point of the #PalisadesFire and escaped from fire. https://t.co/6VZrCbAoeK https://t.co/56ki5HQyW0

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It's getting intense! The fire is approaching quickly, and we need to move. We were just standing here, and now we’re in a real danger zone. We have to go up, so let's hurry! Come on, Benji, this way! We need to find a safe spot. The wind is blowing towards us, which is not good. We have to keep moving left. Stay focused and keep going! We can make it through this.

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Speaker 0: That shit is going quick. Oh my god. Dude, it's it's catching up. Dude, we got that. This is the last that's right where we were standing. We were literally in there. Holy shit. We're in a real Wait. We're in a fucking fire right now, guys. We gotta go up. Let's go up. Let's go up. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Benji. Benji, this way. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Come on. I got you. Sights. Oh, this is here. It's here. Let's go. Let's go. Oh, fuck. Wait. Oh, fuck. Oh my god. Look. Bro, we must be able to talk to this rock or something. Yeah. Yeah. Where are we going? Left. This way. Oh my god. The wind's blowing right towards us. Yeah. Yeah. It's down. It's down. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. You got this.