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Flock license plate reader wrongly linked a San Diego man to a violent crime
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> Meanwhile, on the other side of town, five miles away in Old Town, just 23 seconds after San Police Officers in Golden Hill tried stopping the suspected carjacker, a Flock Automated License Plate Reader captured a photo of a red Alfa Romeo driving on the 2200 block of Moore Street. 5 miles in 23 seconds is 782 mph.
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#13I'm no fan of flock, but I dislike how these articles are blaming the technology when the real issue is the police not bothering to check the information they're given
Yeah this reads like the cops simply didn't properly identify the vehicle. If anything, the Flock camera photo proves he was miles away.
But flock hit is the entire reason for the cops to go arrest them. And you’re right if they did careful assessment of other flock camera data, even the data of this particular flock camera they would have known this car was 5 miles away 23 seconds later.
The whole point being misusing/abusing flock data to wrongly jail people and that is precisely what happened here. Flock is the center of this story.
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#14I'm no fan of flock, but I dislike how these articles are blaming the technology when the real issue is the police not bothering to check the information they're given
It is Flock's responsibility to grant access only to trained professionals who undergo routine training and testing in how to and how not to use the system.
Re: Flock license plate reader wrongly linked a San Diego man to a violent crime
#15Ironically flock is what proves innocence. What would happen here without it?
There's a well-known story about a man who escaped a murder conviction because he was at a Dodgers game when the murder happened, and there just happened to be a TV show filming at the stadium that just happened to record him there.
https://innocenceproject.org/news/how-curb-your-enthusiasm-s...
I'd like to think motive and a police sketch wouldn't be enough evidence for a conviction, but that's optimistic.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah this reads like the cops simply didn't properly identify the vehicle. If anything, the Flock camera photo proves he was miles away.
But flock hit is the entire reason for the cops to go arrest them. And you’re right if they did careful assessment of other flock camera data, even the data of this particular flock camera they would have known this car was 5 miles away 23 seconds later. The whole point being misusing/abusing flock data to wrongly jail people and that is precisely what happened here. Flock is the center of this story.
> [T]hey would have known this car was 5 miles away 23 seconds later.
Tack on a reckless driving charge and a speeding ticket.
Re: Flock license plate reader wrongly linked a San Diego man to a violent crime
#19I saw a video recently that flock camera installations don't follow local or city laws. All poles that hold roadsigns generally need to safely handle impact and get certified / inspected. However, flock cameras have none of it.
Not the same video, but best I could find: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_zmZLJY5Ev4
Re: Flock license plate reader wrongly linked a San Diego man to a violent crime
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah this reads like the cops simply didn't properly identify the vehicle. If anything, the Flock camera photo proves he was miles away.
But flock hit is the entire reason for the cops to go arrest them. And you’re right if they did careful assessment of other flock camera data, even the data of this particular flock camera they would have known this car was 5 miles away 23 seconds later. The whole point being misusing/abusing flock data to wrongly jail people and that is precisely what happened here. Flock is the center of this story.
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