Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/flock-cameras-screw-swarm-innocent-195436707.html
Publisher: Futurism (via Yahoo News)
Date Published: July 9, 2026
Relevant To: ALPR error rate / wrongful stop pattern; Flock cross-jurisdictional network design
Verification Status: Verified
Notes: Confirmed. Futurism (republished on Yahoo) covers the same underlying incident as the original reporting by Joel Feder at The Drive, source ID 3566 in this library — an automotive journalist test-driving a Range Rover in Plymouth, MN was swarmed by four squad cars after a Flock ALPR misread a New Jersey plate’s small middle digit, incorrectly flagging the vehicle as stolen. This is a secondary/summary writeup; treat The Drive’s first-person account (ID 3566) as the primary source and this as a corroborating secondary source. Notes Flock’s networked/cross-jurisdictional design meant the error would have followed him into neighboring towns’ Flock networks too. Also references broader pattern: officers arrested for using Flock to stalk women, and a documented case of ICE querying Flock’s network.