{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-04T09:47:06.384Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"colwich","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"contextual","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":1,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":0,"contextualRelations":1,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2023-kansas-couple-flock-alpr-duplicate-plate-number-stolen-alert-stops-catoosa-gunpoint","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'an alert of a possible stolen vehicle from one of the Flock cameras situated at the edge of town.'; 'It was a stolen GMC pickup that had a temporary tag'; 'there was a stolen plate that had the same number that I had'; 'In this case, Colwich police say, the wrong plate type had been entered into the system.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Colwich, Kansas, police stopped the wife after an alert of a possible stolen vehicle from a Flock camera; a stolen GMC pickup had a temporary tag with the same number as the couple's specialty plate, and the wrong plate type had been entered into the stolen-vehicle system.","causal_attribution":"Colwich police and the couple as reported by KAKE."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Another Flock camera alerted local police they were driving a potentially stolen vehicle.'; 'The Catoosa police say they pulled the'; 'it was a pullover like none other in their lives with officers pointing drawn guns at them.'; 'Walk backwards. Get on your knees.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"About a month later another Flock camera alerted police in Catoosa, Oklahoma; the couple say officers pointed drawn guns at them, and the husband says he was ordered to walk backwards, get on his knees and was handcuffed.","causal_attribution":"The couple's account to KAKE; Catoosa police's confirmation of the stop is as reported by KAKE."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'He said he was scared, telling officers every move he made as he unbuckled his seatbelt and got out of the van.'; 'say they worry a situation like that could have devastating consequences for someone.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The husband said he was scared and narrated every move as he got out of the van; the couple worry that such a stop could have devastating consequences for someone.","causal_attribution":"His own account."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Flock cameras will only report numbers and letters, not which type of plate the car had.'; 'training its AI to recognize plate backgrounds as well as numbers'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Wichita police said Flock cameras report only a plate's numbers and letters, not its type, and that the department had spoken with Flock about training its AI to recognize plate backgrounds.","causal_attribution":"Wichita Police Department captain as quoted by KAKE; a general statement about the system, not a finding about these stops."}],"effects":[{"label":"held at gunpoint and handcuffed in Catoosa, Oklahoma, after a license-plate-camera alert matched their plate number to a stolen pickup","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"husband says he was scared during the stop","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.kake.com/news/kake-news-investigates-duplicate-license-plate-numbers-lead-to-dangerous-situations-for-some-kansas-drivers/article_1e517042-6b10-53ad-8cea-7f4abfc430ed.html","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-04 from the Internet Archive 2026 capture (KAKE News, written by Pilar Pedraza, 30 January 2024, updated 13 February 2025); the live site returned HTTP 429. Interview with the couple plus statements from Colwich and Catoosa police (as reported) and Wichita police.","independence_group":"kake-duplicate-plates-report"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["justice"],"unknowns":["The exact dates of both stops; the article places the problems within the year before 30 January 2024, and the couple place the armed stop, at which the husband was handcuffed, on a sleeting day in \"a really nasty October\".","Whether the wife was also handcuffed in Catoosa, and whether the friends travelling with them were detained.","Catoosa police's own account of the stop; KAKE reports only that they say they pulled the couple over."],"geography":{"basis":"The first stop was in Colwich, Kansas, and the armed stop in Catoosa, Oklahoma (KAKE); the couple hold a Kansas plate and are described as Kansas drivers. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an institutional-use case consistent with the held Flock misread rows: KAKE reports, from the couple and from Colwich police, that Flock camera alerts matching their plate number to a stolen pickup's tag led to two stops, the second at gunpoint with the husband handcuffed. The account rests on one local report. The couple are not named here.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-04"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Colwich police told KAKE they received an alert of a possible stolen vehicle from a Flock camera, and KAKE reports that another Flock camera alerted Catoosa police. Wichita police say the cameras read only a plate's numbers and letters and had discussed with Flock training its AI to recognize plate backgrounds. The match between the couple's plate number and a stolen pickup's temporary tag is the automated system's claim about their van; the stolen-vehicle entry's wrong plate type was a human data-entry error, and the armed stop was the Catoosa officers' decision.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["made_claim_about"]},"name":"Kansas couple pulled over twice after Flock license-plate cameras matched their KU alumni plate number to a stolen pickup's temporary tag; in Catoosa, Oklahoma, officers held them at gunpoint and handcuffed the husband, KAKE reported in January 2024","summary":"KAKE News reported on 30 January 2024 that a Kansas couple whose minivan carries a four-digit University of Kansas alumni specialty plate were pulled over twice after Flock cameras flagged their plate number as belonging to a stolen vehicle. A stolen GMC pickup had a temporary tag with the same number, and the stolen-vehicle entry recorded the wrong plate type. In Colwich, Kansas, police stopped the wife after an alert from a Flock camera at the edge of town; the officer knew her vehicle and the problem was quickly found. About a month later, according to the husband, another Flock camera alerted police in Catoosa, Oklahoma, where officers blocked the couple's van in a parking lot, pointed drawn guns at them, ordered the husband out and onto his knees and handcuffed him. He said he was scared, and the couple say they worry such a stop could have devastating consequences for someone. Wichita police told KAKE that Flock cameras report only the plate's numbers and letters, not its type, and that the department had spoken with Flock about training its AI to recognize plate backgrounds.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2024-01-30","aiSystem":"Flock Safety automated license-plate-reader cameras in Colwich, Kansas, and Catoosa, Oklahoma, which read the plate's number without its type and matched it to a stolen-vehicle record carrying the same number (KAKE; Wichita police)","aiProduct":"Flock Safety license plate readers","aiCompany":"Flock Safety","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["loss_of_liberty","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The couple were stopped twice; in Catoosa officers pointed guns at them and the husband was made to kneel and was handcuffed, and he said he was scared (the couple's account to KAKE).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"At least two people: the couple, both stopped and held at gunpoint in Catoosa (KAKE: officers pointing drawn guns at them); the husband was handcuffed. Friends travelling with them are mentioned without detail and are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-OK","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.kake.com/news/kake-news-investigates-duplicate-license-plate-numbers-lead-to-dangerous-situations-for-some-kansas-drivers/article_1e517042-6b10-53ad-8cea-7f4abfc430ed.html","primarySourceLabel":"KAKE News, 30 January 2024: Duplicate license plate numbers lead to dangerous situations for some Kansas drivers","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-04T03:31:55.65228+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:31:55.65228+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["flock","alpr","license-plate-reader","duplicate-plate","wrongful-stop","gunpoint","kansas","oklahoma","catoosa","colwich","justice","made-claim-about"]}]}