NBC: Flock Camera False Alerts Led to Five Wrongful Stops, One Jailed Two Weeks

NBC News found that misreads by Flock Safety license plate cameras led to at least five innocent people being stopped, detained or jailed, including one held for nearly two weeks. Flock's own documentation calls alerts investigative leads requiring human review, but officers sometimes treat automated matches as final verdicts.

• NBC: five innocent people stopped after erroneous Flock alerts
• One person spent nearly two weeks in jail over a misread plate
• Flock calls alerts leads requiring human review and corroboration
• No agency rule requires plate verification before drawing weapons