Woman Pulled over at Gunpoint Twice After Flock Camera Glitch
Author: Olivia Richman Updated: August 11, 2026 August 11, 2026 Technology is supposed to make police work faster and safer. But every so often, a computer system hiccups, and an ordinary person ends up staring down the barrel of a gun for no reason at all. That is exactly what happened to Amber Newell of Brookfield, Wisconsin, not once, but twice in the span of a single week.
- ▪Author: Olivia Richman Updated: August 11, 2026 August 11, 2026 Technology is supposed to make police work faster and safer.
- ▪But every so often, a computer system hiccups, and an ordinary person ends up staring down the barrel of a gun for no reason at all.
- ▪That is exactly what happened to Amber Newell of Brookfield, Wisconsin, not once, but twice in the span of a single week.
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| Publication time | Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:02:59 +0000 |
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Author: Olivia Richman Updated: August 11, 2026 August 11, 2026 Technology is supposed to make police work faster and safer. Most of the time it does. But every so often, a computer system hiccups, and an ordinary person ends up staring down the barrel of a gun for no reason at all. That is exactly what happened to Amber Newell of Brookfield, Wisconsin, not once, but twice in the span of a single week. Newell was driving on I-94 near Milwaukee last Thursday afternoon when a Flock camera, an automated system that scans license plates and checks them against police watch lists, flagged her car as connected to a homicide investigation.
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