Incident #1698
Flock Safety License-Plate Reader Reportedly Misread Plate Digit, Prompting Gunpoint Stop of Two Sisters in Española, New Mexico
Description
In July 2023, Española police stopped Jaclynn Gonzales and her 12-year-old sister after a Flock Safety license-plate reader reportedly read the final digit of Gonzales's plate as 7 rather than 2, matching a stolen plate. Body-camera reporting showed officers drew guns and handcuffed both before confirming the mismatch. The sisters later sued; Española police said officers followed procedure.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- law-enforcement
- espanola-police-department-(new-mexico)
Alleged Developers
- surveillance-technology-developers
- flock-safety
- automated-license-plate-reader-(alpr)-developers
Harmed Parties
- women-and-girls
- women
- road-users
- privacy
- motorists
- misidentified-individuals
- minors
- jaclynn-gonzales-and-her-12-year-old-sister
- girls
- epistemic-integrity