Flock cameras keep telling police a man who doesn't have a warrant has a warrant

Re:Flock cameras keep telling police a man who doesn't have ... by thaumasiotes on Friday May 01, 2026 @02:33PM (#47978328)

> As always, this story has have nothing to do with the cameras or AI, but "law enforcement has an insane lazy practice" doesn't make for a very good headline anymore.

That practice isn't insane. It's what you'd always want.

To the extent that it causes problems, you'd want to fix the practice that doesn't make sense, which is using an alphabet for license plates that contains both O and 0.

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Re:Flock cameras keep telling police a man who doesn't have ... by kajman on Friday May 01, 2026 @03:33PM (#47979167)

I personally don't want people violently dragged out of their cars at gunpoint when they don't actually have warrants.

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Re:Flock cameras keep telling police a man who doesn't have ... by thaumasiotes on Friday May 01, 2026 @03:56PM (#47979444)

So?

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Re:Flock cameras keep telling police a man who doesn't have ... by kajman on Friday May 01, 2026 @04:39PM (#47979998)

Maybe the practice is what you would always want. Not me.

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Re:Flock cameras keep telling police a man who doesn't have ... by thaumasiotes on Friday May 01, 2026 @05:06PM (#47980333)

"The practice" in my comment is in fact what you, personally, would always want. Any other practice would have no way to work.

"The practice" in your comment is unrelated. Is there a reason you brought it up?

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