IP: Computer system tells cops to arrest innocent people

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
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> > Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 15:33:45 -0500 (EST)
> > From: "K. M. Ellis" <protozoa () tux org>
> > To: <declan () well com>
> > Subject: Computer system tells cops to arrest innocent people (fwd)
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> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/000118-000020.html
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> > Computer system tells cops to arrest innocent people
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> > "Providence, Rhode Island police were forced to stop arresting people
> > because their shiny new law enforcement network system was telling them to
> > grab innocent people. According to the Providence Journal when the new
> > system went operational police found it had caused them to arrest eight
> > people by mistake."