Private ALPRs Enable Wrongful Arrests

Automated license‑plate reader networks run by private companies can produce false identifications that trigger police arrests, prolonged detention (including solitary), and wrongful prosecutions; they also create rich location datasets that employees or corrupt officers can misuse for stalking. This incident in Florida — a 13‑day wrongful incarceration tied to a Flock misidentification and a separate allegation of a deputy using Flock cameras to stalk a teenager — shows the concrete risks. — If unregulated, private ALPR fleets can outsource investigative triggers to opaque corporate systems, eroding Fourth Amendment protections and creating new vectors for privacy abuse, security breaches, and state accountability gaps.