A 23-year-old Palm Coast Florida woman spent 13 days in a Volusia County jail cell facing life in prison after Florida Highway Patrol troopers treated a Flock Safety camera hit like a confession.
Lindsey Brooke Isaacs did not cause the crash. Her black Dodge Durango had no collision damage. A 911 caller had already described a maroon Durango and a partial plate that was not hers. None of that stopped the machine-assisted hunt.
Wait a minute. They arrested her, so she must be guilty, right @Bell_curve ?
I hope she gets a massive settlement.
while I agree with you, I feel bad for the Florida taxpayers.
Settlement from Flock's owners
Do you think it is more likely that flock bears this fault or the local county or PD?
C'mon. Obviously, there's no chance of Flock paying it.
She is not suing Flock
Hey you are on the clock. Get to pickin.
Easy pick
Flock bears responsibility for giving the impression that a partial plate is a "match" or a "hit". Their interface should estimate the size of the net it creates. One letter might mean dozens of false positivies. Two and you're in the thousands.
Definitely. It shouldn't pass the old Frye test:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frye_standard
Also didn't she need to see a judge within 24 hours? Wouldn't that judge be part of the problem?
Often the judge just rubber stamps whatever the cops and prosecutors want.
She is not suing Flock
There's plenty of time and possible cases mounting for flock.
Burn. Them. Down.
Hol'up
I thought traffic cameras are actually considered inadmissable evidence. You can actually contest red light tickets from automated cameras if no police officer shows up to the hearing, I've heard.
This was a murder charge. For serious crimes people are typically held without bail until a hearing where evidence needs to be produced.
Still, I imagine automated traffic cameras existed long before Flock and there's already settled case law about this.
I'm not sure of the law in Florida, but my point is it doesn't matter. Using your example, the hearing wouldn't take place immediately. The delay isn't a big deal for a traffic ticket, but it is if you're sitting in jail.
I guess I'm wondering what/if there's a remedy if you get arrested on only evidence that was never admissable in the first place
Why do you say it's not admissable? Camera evidence is admissable, so far as I know. The missing cop you're referring to would provide corroboration. The camera evidence by itself, without corroboration, may not be adnissable, because the evidence can't be challenged meaningfully.
A partial plate should be common sense as not enough to go around jailing people with the wrong colored car for weeks. Wish we had Mayberry-level policing at a minimum.
I don't know if she is guilty but I doubt she is innocent... also I don't care
The system worked
Grok:
She was in jail only once, and only for those 13 days in April 2026. She was not locked up the night of the crash or during the months her SUV was impounded.
Timeline
So: free from October through mid-April, in custody 17 April through about 30 April 2026, free again after that. The seven-month ordeal people describe is the seized car, the looming investigation, and then the short jail stint—not seven months behind bars.
https://twiiit.com/peterktodd/status/2100863178552836393
13 days in jail because a camera pointed at the wrong person is scary. A camera hit should be a lead, not the whole case.