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Ariel Alonso Beltran

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Incident 18111 Report
San Diego, California, Police Reportedly Relied on a Flock License Plate Reader Image in Mistaken Arrests

2025-11-26

Police in San Diego, California, reportedly mistook a red Alfa Romeo photographed by a Flock Safety automated license plate reader for a car linked to an attempted carjacking. Officers also relied on a witness identification. They arrested driver Ariel Beltran, passenger Hugo Parra, and a third man. Parra spent nearly a month in jail before his charges were dropped. Parra and Beltran later sued the city and officers.

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San Diego Police Department (California)

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1811
    1 Report

    San Diego, California, Police Reportedly Relied on a Flock License Plate Reader Image in Mistaken Arrests

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Police departments in the United States

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1811
    1 Report

    San Diego, California, Police Reportedly Relied on a Flock License Plate Reader Image in Mistaken Arrests

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Police departments

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1811
    1 Report

    San Diego, California, Police Reportedly Relied on a Flock License Plate Reader Image in Mistaken Arrests

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Law enforcement

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1811
    1 Report

    San Diego, California, Police Reportedly Relied on a Flock License Plate Reader Image in Mistaken Arrests

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City of San Diego

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1811
    1 Report

    San Diego, California, Police Reportedly Relied on a Flock License Plate Reader Image in Mistaken Arrests

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Surveillance technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1811
    1 Report

    San Diego, California, Police Reportedly Relied on a Flock License Plate Reader Image in Mistaken Arrests

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Flock Safety

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1811
    1 Report

    San Diego, California, Police Reportedly Relied on a Flock License Plate Reader Image in Mistaken Arrests

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Automated license plate reader (ALPR) developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1811
    1 Report

    San Diego, California, Police Reportedly Relied on a Flock License Plate Reader Image in Mistaken Arrests

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Road users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1811
    1 Report

    San Diego, California, Police Reportedly Relied on a Flock License Plate Reader Image in Mistaken Arrests

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Motorists

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1811
    1 Report

    San Diego, California, Police Reportedly Relied on a Flock License Plate Reader Image in Mistaken Arrests

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Individuals mistakenly detained by law enforcement

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1811
    1 Report

    San Diego, California, Police Reportedly Relied on a Flock License Plate Reader Image in Mistaken Arrests

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Hugo Parra

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1811
    1 Report

    San Diego, California, Police Reportedly Relied on a Flock License Plate Reader Image in Mistaken Arrests

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Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1811
    1 Report

    San Diego, California, Police Reportedly Relied on a Flock License Plate Reader Image in Mistaken Arrests

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Drivers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1811
    1 Report

    San Diego, California, Police Reportedly Relied on a Flock License Plate Reader Image in Mistaken Arrests

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Christian Lopez

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1811
    1 Report

    San Diego, California, Police Reportedly Relied on a Flock License Plate Reader Image in Mistaken Arrests

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Surveillance technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1811
    1 Report

    San Diego, California, Police Reportedly Relied on a Flock License Plate Reader Image in Mistaken Arrests

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Flock Safety automated license plate reader system

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1811
    1 Report

    San Diego, California, Police Reportedly Relied on a Flock License Plate Reader Image in Mistaken Arrests

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Automated license plate readers (ALPR)

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1811
    1 Report

    San Diego, California, Police Reportedly Relied on a Flock License Plate Reader Image in Mistaken Arrests

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