Flagged Car by Flock Camera Error
Brookfield police with guns drawn pull over a car they say was flagged by flock cameras in connection to a homicide out of Milwaukee. Well, turns out this was all some sort of error with the flock camera systems. In fact, Brookfield police say they called Milwaukee police and MPD said they no longer needed the car or the people inside, so officers let them go. You know, this has really become a point of contention, flock camera errors as a whole, as more reports of misuse by police across the country arise.
Milwaukee Police, Flock Camera Errors
Our big story this morning, police with guns drawn stop a driver along I-94, but it turns out they had the wrong person, all because of a mistake involving flock camera error. Stephanie Quirk is live in Brookfield.
Quite the error. Brookfield police say they pulled over a car because a flock camera flagged it for connection to a Milwaukee homicide investigation. Well, turns out quite the error. Not just wrong person, but also wrong car. Take a look again at that video that you see here. You can see multiple squads on I-94 in Waukesha County, officers with guns drawn and a passenger sticking their hands out the window. Police pulled over the car after a flock camera error flagged it again for Milwaukee homicide. When Brookfield police called Milwaukee police, Milwaukee said they no longer needed the car or the people inside, so officers let them go. That’s according to Brookfield Police. We did reach out to MPD to learn why that car was still active in the flock camera system.
Flock Camera Errors and Police Misuse
Again, this just brings up a the bigger discussion that we have been seeing in headlines about flock camera errors. They’ve become quite a point of contention, not just here in southeast Wisconsin, but really across the country as reports of misuse by police across the country are arising. In fact, we actually talked with Thane County chair who says that they actually voted to no longer use flock cameras. Take a listen to what he said.
“Even here close to home, they were violating people’s trust. And so we pulled the funding from the sheriff’s office to not continue that contract. In the meantime, we’ve, you know, we recognize that it’s an important technology. “
