License Plate Error Leads to Police Stop | Minneapolis News

Minneapolis News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 12, 2026 · 1m

A man test-driving a Range Rover in a Minnesota parking lot was pulled over by four police cars after a faulty license plate scanner flagged his vehicle as stolen — all because of a missing digit in a 2026 data entry error in California. The system missed the “ten” in the plate, triggering a false alarm. Though Joel Feder, a car reporter, tried to explain the situation, the encounter was tense. Flock, the tech company behind the scanners, says such errors are rare and that alerts should only prompt further investigation — not justify stops. The incident sparks deeper questions about how…