A technology journalist test-driving a Range Rover was surrounded by four police vehicles in a Minnesota parking lot after an automated license plate recognition system incorrectly flagged his vehicle as stolen due to a data entry error.

The Drive reports that Joel Feder, director of content and product at the popular outlet for automotive news, experienced firsthand the consequences of automated surveillance technology when a mistake in a police database led to his detention by Plymouth Police Department officers in late June. Feder and his wife were boxed in by police vehicles as they attempted to leave a Kohl’s parking lot, with officers…

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