Incident #1717
Flock Safety License-Plate Reader Reportedly Misread Plate, Leading Toledo, Ohio, Police to Stop Motorist at Gunpoint and Deploy K-9
Description
Toledo, Ohio, police stopped motorist Brandon Upchurch at gunpoint after a Flock Safety license-plate reader incorrectly matched his truck to a stolen plate. Officers released a K-9 that bit him and arrested him. Police later said the alert was a misread; one officer was reprimanded for failing to verify the plate, and all charges against Upchurch were later dropped.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- toledo-police-department
- police-departments-in-the-united-states
- law-enforcement
- adrian-wilson
Alleged Developers
- surveillance-technology-developers
- flock-safety
- automated-license-plate-reader-(alpr)-developers
Harmed Parties
- road-users
- motorists
- individuals-mistakenly-detained-by-law-enforcement
- epistemic-integrity
- drivers
- brandon-upchurch