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Oakland Privacy Commissioner Held at Gunpoint After ALPR Flags Recovered Rental Car as Stolen

KTVU · KTVU Staff · February 17, 2019

Brian Hofer, chair of Oakland's Privacy Advisory Commission, was stopped on Thanksgiving after ALPR flagged their rental car as stolen — it had been recovered but the database was never updated. His brother was held at gunpoint 'execution style.' Settlement: $49,500.

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