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Police officers

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 17872 Report
Tesla Reportedly Using Driver Assistance Struck a Patrol Car and Injured Two Officers in Fairfield, California

2026-10-13

A Tesla driver reportedly told police he was asleep and using Full Self-Driving, a supervised driver-assistance system, when his car struck an occupied California Highway Patrol vehicle on Interstate 80 in Fairfield, California. The Tesla reportedly entered lanes closed with flares and cones for an earlier crash. Two officers were reported to have been seriously injured and later released from the hospital.

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Incident 17471 Report
Florida Man Allegedly Threatened Lee County Sheriff with Purportedly AI-Generated Image Depicting Him Wounded and Fleeing Gunmen

2026-09-29

An Estero, Florida, man allegedly posted an AI-generated image depicting Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno with a head injury, fleeing two gunmen, in an Instagram comment. Authorities attributed the post to Christopher Ashley Nimmons Jr. and treated it as a threat against the sheriff. Nimmons was arrested and charged with written or electronic threats to kill or cause bodily harm. The sheriff's office said the image was removed.

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Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 17614 Report
Haines City, Florida, Police Officer Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Track Estranged Wife

2026-08-10

Police officer Christopher Goodson of Haines City, Florida, allegedly used Flock's automated license plate reader records to track his estranged wife's vehicle through 717 searches. Investigators said the searches had no legitimate law-enforcement purpose. He reportedly said he wanted to locate his children while they were with her. He was arrested, and the department announced audits, case-number requirements, and annual training.

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Incident 17601 Report
Braselton, Georgia, Police Chief Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Stalk and Harass Multiple People

2025-11-19

Michael Steffman, then police chief of Braselton, Georgia, allegedly used Flock automated license plate readers to stalk and harass multiple people. One woman said he used the cameras to track her location. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested him on charges including stalking and misuse of the systems after an investigation lasting several months. He resigned from the department.

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Related Entities
Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

Entity

Christopher Ashley Nimmons Jr.

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1747
    1 Report

    Florida Man Allegedly Threatened Lee County Sheriff with Purportedly AI-Generated Image Depicting Him Wounded and Fleeing Gunmen

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Entity

Malicious actors

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1747
    1 Report

    Florida Man Allegedly Threatened Lee County Sheriff with Purportedly AI-Generated Image Depicting Him Wounded and Fleeing Gunmen

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Entity

Information manipulation actors

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1747
    1 Report

    Florida Man Allegedly Threatened Lee County Sheriff with Purportedly AI-Generated Image Depicting Him Wounded and Fleeing Gunmen

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Entity

Information manipulation actors in the United States

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1747
    1 Report

    Florida Man Allegedly Threatened Lee County Sheriff with Purportedly AI-Generated Image Depicting Him Wounded and Fleeing Gunmen

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Entity

Synthetic media creators

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1747
    1 Report

    Florida Man Allegedly Threatened Lee County Sheriff with Purportedly AI-Generated Image Depicting Him Wounded and Fleeing Gunmen

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Entity

Deepfake creators

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1747
    1 Report

    Florida Man Allegedly Threatened Lee County Sheriff with Purportedly AI-Generated Image Depicting Him Wounded and Fleeing Gunmen

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Entity

Deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1747
    1 Report

    Florida Man Allegedly Threatened Lee County Sheriff with Purportedly AI-Generated Image Depicting Him Wounded and Fleeing Gunmen

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1747
    1 Report

    Florida Man Allegedly Threatened Lee County Sheriff with Purportedly AI-Generated Image Depicting Him Wounded and Fleeing Gunmen

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Entity

Synthetic media generation technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1747
    1 Report

    Florida Man Allegedly Threatened Lee County Sheriff with Purportedly AI-Generated Image Depicting Him Wounded and Fleeing Gunmen

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Entity

Synthetic image generation technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1747
    1 Report

    Florida Man Allegedly Threatened Lee County Sheriff with Purportedly AI-Generated Image Depicting Him Wounded and Fleeing Gunmen

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Entity

Carmine Marceno

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1747
    1 Report

    Florida Man Allegedly Threatened Lee County Sheriff with Purportedly AI-Generated Image Depicting Him Wounded and Fleeing Gunmen

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Entity

Law enforcement

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1787
    2 Reports

    Tesla Reportedly Using Driver Assistance Struck a Patrol Car and Injured Two Officers in Fairfield, California

  • Incident 1747
    1 Report

    Florida Man Allegedly Threatened Lee County Sheriff with Purportedly AI-Generated Image Depicting Him Wounded and Fleeing Gunmen

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1761
    4 Reports

    Haines City, Florida, Police Officer Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Track Estranged Wife

  • Incident 1760
    1 Report

    Braselton, Georgia, Police Chief Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Stalk and Harass Multiple People

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Entity

Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1747
    1 Report

    Florida Man Allegedly Threatened Lee County Sheriff with Purportedly AI-Generated Image Depicting Him Wounded and Fleeing Gunmen

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Entity

Public figures

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1747
    1 Report

    Florida Man Allegedly Threatened Lee County Sheriff with Purportedly AI-Generated Image Depicting Him Wounded and Fleeing Gunmen

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Entity

Synthetic image generation technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1747
    1 Report

    Florida Man Allegedly Threatened Lee County Sheriff with Purportedly AI-Generated Image Depicting Him Wounded and Fleeing Gunmen

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Entity

Synthetic media generation technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1747
    1 Report

    Florida Man Allegedly Threatened Lee County Sheriff with Purportedly AI-Generated Image Depicting Him Wounded and Fleeing Gunmen

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Entity

Stalkers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1761
    4 Reports

    Haines City, Florida, Police Officer Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Track Estranged Wife

  • Incident 1760
    1 Report

    Braselton, Georgia, Police Chief Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Stalk and Harass Multiple People

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Entity

Police departments in the United States

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1761
    4 Reports

    Haines City, Florida, Police Officer Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Track Estranged Wife

  • Incident 1760
    1 Report

    Braselton, Georgia, Police Chief Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Stalk and Harass Multiple People

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Entity

Michael Steffman

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1760
    1 Report

    Braselton, Georgia, Police Chief Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Stalk and Harass Multiple People

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Entity

Braselton Police Department (Georgia)

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1760
    1 Report

    Braselton, Georgia, Police Chief Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Stalk and Harass Multiple People

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Entity

Surveillance technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1761
    4 Reports

    Haines City, Florida, Police Officer Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Track Estranged Wife

  • Incident 1760
    1 Report

    Braselton, Georgia, Police Chief Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Stalk and Harass Multiple People

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Entity

Flock Safety

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1761
    4 Reports

    Haines City, Florida, Police Officer Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Track Estranged Wife

  • Incident 1760
    1 Report

    Braselton, Georgia, Police Chief Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Stalk and Harass Multiple People

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Entity

Automated license plate reader (ALPR) developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1761
    4 Reports

    Haines City, Florida, Police Officer Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Track Estranged Wife

  • Incident 1760
    1 Report

    Braselton, Georgia, Police Chief Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Stalk and Harass Multiple People

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Entity

Women and girls

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1761
    4 Reports

    Haines City, Florida, Police Officer Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Track Estranged Wife

  • Incident 1760
    1 Report

    Braselton, Georgia, Police Chief Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Stalk and Harass Multiple People

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Entity

Women

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1761
    4 Reports

    Haines City, Florida, Police Officer Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Track Estranged Wife

  • Incident 1760
    1 Report

    Braselton, Georgia, Police Chief Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Stalk and Harass Multiple People

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Entity

Victims of stalking

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1761
    4 Reports

    Haines City, Florida, Police Officer Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Track Estranged Wife

  • Incident 1760
    1 Report

    Braselton, Georgia, Police Chief Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Stalk and Harass Multiple People

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Entity

Privacy

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1761
    4 Reports

    Haines City, Florida, Police Officer Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Track Estranged Wife

  • Incident 1760
    1 Report

    Braselton, Georgia, Police Chief Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Stalk and Harass Multiple People

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Entity

Individuals whose license plate data were accessed for non-law-enforcement purposes

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1761
    4 Reports

    Haines City, Florida, Police Officer Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Track Estranged Wife

  • Incident 1760
    1 Report

    Braselton, Georgia, Police Chief Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Stalk and Harass Multiple People

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Entity

Surveillance technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1761
    4 Reports

    Haines City, Florida, Police Officer Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Track Estranged Wife

  • Incident 1760
    1 Report

    Braselton, Georgia, Police Chief Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Stalk and Harass Multiple People

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Entity

Flock Safety automated license plate reader system

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1761
    4 Reports

    Haines City, Florida, Police Officer Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Track Estranged Wife

  • Incident 1760
    1 Report

    Braselton, Georgia, Police Chief Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Stalk and Harass Multiple People

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Entity

Automated license plate readers (ALPR)

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1761
    4 Reports

    Haines City, Florida, Police Officer Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Track Estranged Wife

  • Incident 1760
    1 Report

    Braselton, Georgia, Police Chief Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Stalk and Harass Multiple People

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Entity

Police departments

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1761
    4 Reports

    Haines City, Florida, Police Officer Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Track Estranged Wife

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Entity

Christopher Goodson

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1761
    4 Reports

    Haines City, Florida, Police Officer Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Track Estranged Wife

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Entity

Law enforcement databases

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1761
    4 Reports

    Haines City, Florida, Police Officer Allegedly Used Flock License-Plate Reader System to Track Estranged Wife

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Entity

Tesla drivers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1787
    2 Reports

    Tesla Reportedly Using Driver Assistance Struck a Patrol Car and Injured Two Officers in Fairfield, California

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Entity

Road users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1787
    2 Reports

    Tesla Reportedly Using Driver Assistance Struck a Patrol Car and Injured Two Officers in Fairfield, California

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1787
    2 Reports

    Tesla Reportedly Using Driver Assistance Struck a Patrol Car and Injured Two Officers in Fairfield, California

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Entity

Motorists

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1787
    2 Reports

    Tesla Reportedly Using Driver Assistance Struck a Patrol Car and Injured Two Officers in Fairfield, California

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1787
    2 Reports

    Tesla Reportedly Using Driver Assistance Struck a Patrol Car and Injured Two Officers in Fairfield, California

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Entity

Drivers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1787
    2 Reports

    Tesla Reportedly Using Driver Assistance Struck a Patrol Car and Injured Two Officers in Fairfield, California

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1787
    2 Reports

    Tesla Reportedly Using Driver Assistance Struck a Patrol Car and Injured Two Officers in Fairfield, California

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Entity

Automated driving system deployers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1787
    2 Reports

    Tesla Reportedly Using Driver Assistance Struck a Patrol Car and Injured Two Officers in Fairfield, California

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Entity

Tesla

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1787
    2 Reports

    Tesla Reportedly Using Driver Assistance Struck a Patrol Car and Injured Two Officers in Fairfield, California

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Entity

Automated driving system developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1787
    2 Reports

    Tesla Reportedly Using Driver Assistance Struck a Patrol Car and Injured Two Officers in Fairfield, California

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Entity

California Highway Patrol

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1787
    2 Reports

    Tesla Reportedly Using Driver Assistance Struck a Patrol Car and Injured Two Officers in Fairfield, California

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Entity

Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD)

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1787
    2 Reports

    Tesla Reportedly Using Driver Assistance Struck a Patrol Car and Injured Two Officers in Fairfield, California

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Automated driving systems

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1787
    2 Reports

    Tesla Reportedly Using Driver Assistance Struck a Patrol Car and Injured Two Officers in Fairfield, California

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