license plate reader
Coverage of license plate reader in the Nexus archive.
- Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love Them. Citizens Don’t.
Flock cameras, specifically a Flock Safety license plate reader, are being deployed throughout the country in large numbers. The technology reportedly allows tracking of every car in America, leading to disagreement between police who support them and citizens who oppose their use.
- Private license plate reader technology helps police arrest driver accused of injuring 4 pedestrians in Nashville
Nashville police used private license plate reader technology to identify and arrest a driver accused of injuring four pedestrians in a June hit-and-run crash. The suspect, Felipe Alvarado-Hernandez, was arrested after investigators accessed camera footage from a parking garage and found him admitting to driving the vehicle involved in the incident.
- AI Found a Root Bug in Linux That Everyone Missed for 15 Years
AI discovered a root bug in Linux that had gone unnoticed for 15 years. The Pentagon is training amateur hackers to join its ranks, and a Flock license plate reader error led to police surrounding a car reviewer.
- License plate reader key in case against Amazon employee accused of gunning down co-worker in Melrose Park
An Amazon employee, Quentin Williams, is accused of fatally shooting co-worker Travion Taylor in the parking lot of an Amazon facility in Melrose Park. A license plate reader linked Williams to the crime scene by capturing his vehicle leaving the garage immediately after the shooting. Williams turned himself in and is being held pending trial.
- Flock license plate reader wrongly linked a San Diego man to a violent crime
A Flock license plate reader incorrectly linked a San Diego man to a violent crime. The man was five miles away from the crime scene at the time.