SurveillanceHigh
Colorado Police’s Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) Matched a Family’s Minivan’s Plate to That of a Stolen Vehicle Allegedly, Resulting in Detainment at Gunpoint
- Occurred
- Aug 3, 2020
- Published
- Aug 4, 2020
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
An automated plate reader reportedly matched a license plate information, but of a family’s minivan and an alleged motorcycle in Montana that was reportedly stolen earlier in the year, resulting in them and their children being held at gunpoint and detained in handcuffs by multiple Aurora police officers.
Developers
- Unknown
Deployers
- Aurora Police Department
Harmed parties
- the Gilliam family
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: ALPR system error led to wrongful detainment at gunpoint, constituting significant harm from automated surveillance technology.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8