“I haven’t been asleep since this has happened,” […] “Every time I close my eyes, all I can see is guns.”
A Wisconsin woman recounts two traumatic experiences of being pulled over at gunpoint due to Flock camera misidentification. The first incident involved officers drawing weapons on her and her passenger on I-94 in Brookfield, mistakenly flagging her car in a homicide investigation. While let go, the event left her shaken. Days later, she was stopped again, with police citing the same Flock alert. Milwaukee Police later clarified the issue was a “personnel issue” where a “wanted vehicle alert” was not removed from the system, not a fault of Flock technology. Newell expressed fear for her daughter’s safety and is seeking an apology for the distress caused by the erroneous surveillance.