SurveillanceMedium
Misreading of an Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) Unverified by Police, Resulting in Traffic Stop in Missouri
- Occurred
- Apr 16, 2014
- Published
- Apr 23, 2014
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
An automated license plate reader (ALPR) camera misread a 7 as a 2 and incorrectly alerted the local police about a stolen Oldsmobile car, which was allegedly not able to be verified by an officer before a traffic stop was effected on a BMW in Kansas City suburb.
Developers
- Unknown
Deployers
- Prairie Village Police Department
Harmed parties
- Mark Molner
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: ALPR system error led to wrongful traffic stop, representing surveillance technology misuse.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8