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Not a One-Off: More Coloradans Stopped by Police After Data Errors Triggered Flock Alerts

9News Denver · Jeremy Jojola · May 2, 2026

A follow-up investigation found a 76-year-old grandmother, Sarah Judson, has been repeatedly pulled over because Colorado Springs Police entered two versions of a stolen-vehicle plate into the database—one with the letter O and one with the numeral zero—and her valid plate matched the second. Another driver, Katie Rothman, was stopped after Aurora Police entered her plate instead of the actual stolen vehicle's plate. CSPD admitted '100% human error.'

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