An Illinois school district uses Thomson Reuters CLEAR license plate recognition software to verify student residency, resulting in a false denial of enrollment for a student whose vehicle was loaned to a family member and temporarily showed Chicago addresses. The district pays $41,904 for a 36-month contract despite the technology's evident accuracy issues.
An investigation into Flock Safety's AI-powered license plate reader cameras reveals systematic accuracy issues, including a case where a misread "7" as "2" led to an innocent man being pulled over at gunpoint and mauled by a police dog. The company lacks transparent accuracy metrics and accountability mechanisms despite thousands of documented misreads affecting innocent people across the country.