"Flock Safety, founded in 2017, is part of a wave of AI policing and military ventures; the company provides large-scale security camera networks to its clients, drawing on new technologies like cloud computing and AI video analysis. Flock and other companies like it have provided law enforcement and other entities with newly capable AI-enabled automatic license plate readers (ALPRs), in an upgrade to the existing ALPR technology that has long been deployed widely, almost ubiquitously in the U.S."
"Rather than directly selling surveillance hardware, Flock leases out parts of its massive network of ALPR cameras with AI tracking to clients, earning the company $300 million in sales in 2024. The company won't disclose the total, and only a fraction of sites have been documented, but the full network is estimated to consist of around 80,000 cameras. Flock systems appear in over 4,000 cities and in 42 states."
Flock Safety operates a large network of AI-enabled automatic license-plate readers and cloud-based video analysis that surveils extensive public areas. The company leases access to parts of its ALPR camera network to law enforcement and private clients rather than selling hardware. Reported 2024 sales reached $300 million, and the full network is estimated at around 80,000 cameras across over 4,000 cities in 42 states. The systems enable tracking of innocent individuals and expand warrantless dragnet surveillance, raising serious privacy concerns amid corporate hype and potential negligence.
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