Milwaukee police admit data error led to two gunpoint stops of same woman over Flock camera alert

A Wisconsin woman was pulled over at gunpoint twice within 10 days after a Milwaukee police detective failed to remove a homicide-related alert tied to her car from a national law enforcement database, leaving it visible to a Flock license-plate camera in a homicide investigation she had nothing to do with.

Milwaukee police admit data error led to two gunpoint stops of same woman over Flock camera alert

TL;DR

  • A Milwaukee police detective failed to remove a homicide-related alert from a national database.
  • The alert was tied to a woman's car and remained visible to law enforcement.
  • A Flock license-plate camera flagged the car in relation to a homicide investigation.
  • The woman was stopped at gunpoint twice in 10 days due to this data error.
  • She had no involvement in the homicide investigation.