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Flock's automated license plate reader system is generating alerts with a 33% error rate, forcing some cities to drop the technology. The company's faulty data has law enforcement chasing false leads.
Flock's automated license plate reader system is generating false alerts at a 33% error rate, leading some cities to abandon the technology. That's one in three alerts sending law enforcement on wild goose chases. Some police departments have already dropped the system, which signals they view the accuracy problem as worse than having no automated system at all.
The stakes here are simple: faulty data sends cops to the wrong addresses, wastes investigative resources, and creates false leads that can damage investigations. A system that's wrong a third of the time isn't marginally worse than a perfect system—it's actually worse than doing nothing because it looks authoritative while being actively misleading. The fact that departments are walking away suggests the liability and operational cost of the errors outweigh any efficiency gains.
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