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Box 135

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Press I, 1980

 File — Box: 135, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents From the File: In this case, the ACLU represented Alson Tom, a 23 year old man who was stopped for speeding, and then informed that there was a bench warrant out for this arrest. Tom arrested by a Town of Hillsborough, CA police officer, and spent a night in jail, with bail set at $500. In fact, he had been arrested as a result of a computer error in the San Francisco Police Department database (the Police Information Network, or P.I.N. System), which failed to recall the warrant, which had been cancelled...
Dates: 1980