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Woman Pulled over at Gunpoint Twice After Flock Camera Glitch

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Woman Pulled over at Gunpoint Twice After Flock Camera Glitch
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A Wisconsin woman was twice held at gunpoint by police due to a faulty license plate recognition system that failed to remove an outdated homicide alert. The incident highlights the risks of relying on automated surveillance systems without proper human oversight.

Technology is supposed to make police work faster and safer. Most of the time it does. But every so often, a computer system hiccups, and an ordinary person ends up staring down the barrel of a gun for no reason at all. That is exactly what happened to Amber Newell of Brookfield, Wisconsin, not once, but twice in the span of a single week.

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