Flock Safety

02 Warrantless searches using AI-powered surveillance camera data — such as what Flock Safety's hallmark technology collects — may violate the Fourth Amendment without adequate probable cause.

03 Flock cameras provide ICE with new deportation tool

04 Florida has banned Flock cameras and license plate readers from state roads.

05 Flock's license plate recognition system generates false positive alerts for Black drivers at a rate 70% higher than for white drivers in Atlanta-area deployments.

06 Flock Safety plans to let go of ~270 employees, or 18% of its staff, at the end of October; the layoffs come after a voluntary buyout program in September.

07 Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America.

08 Privacy can't be the only priority; it is about safety.

09 The LAPD ended its contract with Flock Safety citing 'serious concerns' over civil liberties and privacy.

10 Flock is tightening its rules in response to a growing surveillance backlash.

11 Flock Safety is weighing a potential sale and has held preliminary talks with outside advisers.

12 Flock Safety executives declined to attend a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on AI surveillance technology.

13 Flock’s AI can keep watch across multiple cameras for anyone fitting a written description.

14 Flock once touted its cameras as 'Made in the USA.'

15 Trump endorses Flock cameras despite bipartisan backlash: ‘I like them’

16 Flock Safety says business is strong.

17 Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlash

18 Readers clash over Flock license-plate cameras in a privacy vs. security debate.

19 Flock Safety sits right at the center of the debate over where the line should be drawn between privacy and public safety.

20 Flock Safety's license plate recognition systems are under municipal review due to public protests and civil liberties concerns.

21 Flock Safety partners with more than 5,000 law enforcement agency partners across 6,000 communities.

22 Cops used Flock to track a man across state lines for a pretextual weed search.

23 Flock Credibility Lost as It Repeatedly Lies to City Councils, Police, & Public

24 Flock is tightening its rules in response to a growing surveillance backlash.

25 Flock recently offered current employees a generous Voluntary Separation Program as part of our efforts to position the company for... [next phase of growth]

26 Flock will now require US law enforcement to label every license plate search with a criminal case number.

27 Flock sees controversial camera contracts canceled in 23 states

28 Flock announced changes to its privacy and data retention policies Thursday in an attempt to quell concerns around mass surveillance and misuse.

29 Trump backed Flock cameras despite protests

30 Flock cameras support law enforcement and reduce crime.

31 Flock Safety will shorten the recommended default data retention window from 30 to seven days to cut the amount of stored data and prevent abuse.

32 Florida is halting the use of automated license plate readers (LPRs), including Flock Safety's controversial cameras, on state highways.

33 Flock is assuming greater responsibility for how law enforcement uses its tech

34 Ending the contracts doesn't necessarily mean the cameras will come down immediately - or that the information they've gathered will be deleted anytime soon.

35 The CEOs of Flock and others declined to attend the hearing.

36 Members of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism criticized the use of automatic license plate readers.

37 Sen. Josh Hawley expanded his probe into Flock Safety’s roadside cameras to include AI surveillance networks run by three other companies.

38 Flock posted videos on its YouTube channel highlighting at least four police departments whose officers have faced allegations of misusing the company’s tech.

39 Flock’s next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, goes much further than tracking license plates.

40 Florida and Texas move to block Flock cameras over privacy concerns