# Inside the alarming rise in high-risk vehicle stops

https://mins.news/en/video/66606

- NBC News, 2026-09-20 23:17 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ30VHAX8AU

> As automatic license plate readers have proliferated across the country, so have erroneous stops, detentions and even arrests of innocent people. Those caught by the errors can quickly face precarious encounters with law enforcement, sometimes with potentially life-altering consequences.

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