Flock Camera Error Leads to Minnesota Car Reviewer Being Swarmed by Cops

Flock Cameras Screw Up, Swarm Innocent Man With Armed Police

Flock surveillance cameras are blanketing the country, and to no one’s surprise, innocent people are being caught in their dragnet. At our sister publication The Drive, automotive journalist Joel Feder reports how he was suddenly swarmed by armed cops while test driving a Range Rover with his wife in Minnesota. The police used four squad cars to box him in in a coordinated maneuver; when he demanded an explanation, the officers said that they ha…

Flock camera error leads to Minnesota car reviewer being swarmed by cops

A car reviewer doing a test drive in Minnesota was swarmed by cops in Plymouth after a Flock camera wrongly marked the Range Rover he was driving as stolen.

How Flock Cameras Wrongly Tracked Me for Days Over ‘Stolen’ Plates and Sent Police After Me

A simple error got magnified by Flock's nationwide surveillance camera network and ended with four cop cars boxing me in.

Flock cameras mistakenly track car reviewer over 'stolen' tags — police ambush tester in store parking lot and detain him for an hour

A data entry error in Flock’s system has resulted in a car reviewer getting boxed in by police cars in a parking lot on suspicion that he was driving a vehicle with stolen tags. The Drive reviewer and Director of Content and Product, Joel Feder, was driving a $155,000 loaner Range Rover when police surrounded his vehicle. When he asked why he was stopped (and by four police cars, nonetheless), the officers said the car’s plate had been reported …

Police Ambush Car Journalist With Guns Drawn After Flock Cameras Falsely Flag Press Vehicle As Stolen - AutoSpies Auto News

Police Ambush Car Journalist With Guns Drawn After Flock Cameras Falsely Flag Press Vehicle As Stolen