A data entry error is causing Colorado police to repeatedly pull over Kyle Dausman because of false hits on automated license plate readers. Dausman does not have any warrants, but the system keeps telling officers that he does. The issue stems from Flock Safety cameras reading his license plate and matching it to a warrant for a completely different person. That warrant was entered into the system using both the number zero and the letter O to cover different plate variations, which directly linked Dausman's clean plate to the wanted person's profile.
This means that every time Dausman drives past one of these cameras, nearby patrol cars get an urgent alert that a wanted person is driving his car. Officers from the Cherry Hills Village Police Department pulled him over multiple times in just a few days because of these alerts. Dausman has expressed serious fears for his safety during these high-intensity stops and feels like he cannot safely use his own vehicle. Fixing the problem is incredibly difficult because the warrant originated in Gilpin County, and local police cannot easily delete the alert from the state's master database.