A Florida woman gave an emotional testimony about being placed in solitary confinement after a Flock Safety camera mistakenly linked her to a fatal hit-and-run.

“I was placed in solitary confinement for approximately three and a half days. Correctional officers told me I had to stay there because of the severity of my charges,” Lindsey Isaacs said before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism.

“I was placed in a blue suicide prevention dress with a broken Velcro on the left side that left me exposed. The cell door was shut and it was not open for approximately 86 hours,” Isaacs continued.

“I was then moved into a mental health unit for approximately 24 hours before ultimately being transferred to G Block, a maximum security housing unit, where I remained for approximately 10 days,” she added.

“I was terrified. I was facing the possibility of spending the rest of my life in prison for a crash I knew that I had not been involved in. I did not know if I would ever get out of jail. At my lowest point, I didn’t want to be alive,” she said.

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FOX 13 Tampa Bay explained further:

Automated license plate readers, specifically those operated by the company, Flock Safety, are facing intense federal scrutiny following a series of high-profile failures, wrongful arrests and stalking incidents.

The U.S. Senate held a hearing to investigate these systemic abuses, using a harrowing case from Central Florida to highlight the dangers of over-relying on automated surveillance technology.

The incident began when a hit-and-run driver on I-4 killed three people in October 2025 near Debary. Witnesses on the scene clearly identified the fleeing vehicle as a maroon Dodge Durango.

However, law enforcement keyed into a Flock automated license plate reader that had captured a black Durango approximately three miles away from the crash site. Putting the color disparity aside, investigators used the automated hit to arrest Lindsey Isaacs, an innocent woman who was not involved in the fatal collision.

She spent 13 days incarcerated before finally being freed.

While lawmakers are sounding the alarm, it remains unclear exactly what federal regulations or legislation will emerge from these hearings. It is not yet known if or when Congress will pass binding national standards for automated license plate readers. It’s also not clear how potential federal restrictions would impact local police departments and municipalities that currently rely heavily on technology for day-to-day operations.

C-SPAN shared additional footage from Isaacs’ testimony:

Isaacs also shared her story with Katie Pavlich on NewsNation:

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CBS12 noted:

Authorities later arrested another woman, Alisa Montalvo. Montalvo’s criminal case remains pending.

Isaacs has since filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against two FHP investigators alleging false arrest and malicious prosecution. Those allegations remain pending.

 

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