Flock’s surveillance cameras are spreading fast across the US
Most people call them automated licence plate readers, or ALPRs. They sit beside roads and log every car that passes. Flock Safety dominates the market. Engadget reports that Flock makes the vast majority of the 100,000-plus readers now blanketing the US.
Calling them licence plate readers undersells them. Reading plates is the main job, but the system can hunt for almost anything.
More than licence plate readers
Each Flock camera is a small computer running a modified version of Android. It streams footage to a database, where AI tags everything for natural-language search. An officer can type “green sedan with an American flag bumper sticker” and pull up matches in seconds.
Flock also sells AI cameras that track people, mobile camera trailers and quadcopter drones. Many police forces join a national network, so a department in Texas can search footage gathered in Massachusetts. Immigration and Customs Enforcement often gains...
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