FLORIDA · ALPR · WRONG INFERENCE
An ALPR investigation reportedly contributed to an innocent driver spending 13 days in jail.
Vehicle association → arrest → 13 days jailed → error discovered
In Volusia County, Florida, investigators reportedly associated an innocent person's vehicle with a fatal crash using ALPR imagery. The person spent 13 days in jail before authorities discovered the mistake.
Failure mode: Human inference. The camera does not have to misread a character if investigators draw the wrong conclusion from otherwise accurate surveillance data.
This page preserves the anecdote and its caveats separately from the shorter Why Privacy Matters explainer. The goal is to keep the argument readable without hiding the receipts.