Description: Matthew and Leah Spurlock were reportedly stopped in Colwich, Kansas, and about a month later in Catoosa, Oklahoma, after Flock Safety cameras associated their KU alumni plate 7007 with a stolen GMC pickup bearing a temporary Kansas tag with the same number. Colwich police quickly resolved the first stop; in Catoosa, the couple said officers drew guns and handcuffed Matthew. Wichita police said Flock reads plate characters but not plate type.
Editor Notes: (1) The Colwich stop occurred about one month before the October 2023 Catoosa stop; the source does not provide exact dates for either encounter. (2) The two stops are treated as one recurring episode because they involved the same couple, vehicle, duplicate plate number, and Flock-related mechanism. (3) 01/30/2024 is used as the incident ID date as the earliest public report located; the first stop appears to have occurred around September 2023, but the source does not establish an exact date. (4) The incident ID was created 09/23/2026.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Flock Safety , Automated license plate reader (ALPR) developers , Surveillance technology , Epistemic integrity and Privacy developed an AI system deployed by Colwich Police Department (Kansas) , Law enforcement , Catoosa Police Department (Oklahoma) and Police departments in the United States, which harmed Matthew Spurlock , Leah Spurlock , Motorists , Road users and Drivers.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Surveillance technology , Flock Safety automated license plate reader system and Automated license plate readers (ALPR)
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1704
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2024-01-30
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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