A July 10 audit by the Los Angeles Police Department Office of the Inspector General found that the department's automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras generated 161 false stolen-vehicle alerts…
Flock Safety pitched a plan to use 350,000 rideshare and delivery dashcams to scan license plates, according to a report from 404 Media. The proposal, which would involve Uber and Lyft drivers, aims t…
Google's AI Overview is telling users that Flock safety cameras contain 1 to 5 grams of gold and 2 to 23 pounds of copper, citing an anonymous Substack post and an AI-generated Instagram post, despite…
A police department analysis in Roseville, California, found that Flock Safety's AI-powered license plate recognition cameras misread over 71% of plates in nearly 1,500 reports, leading to false stole…
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, a former WWE star known as Kane, has paused a $1 million deal to install 270 Flock Safety cameras across the county, citing concerns that the AI-powered surveillance te…
Flock Safety, an Atlanta-based public-safety technology company, has deployed approximately 120,000 automated license plate readers across 49 states, which use machine learning to capture and search v…
Four Flock Safety cameras in Southold, Long Island, were vandalized in July amid nationwide backlash against the AI-powered surveillance technology, with incidents including paint splattering, unplugg…
Flock cameras, automated license plate readers made by Flock Safety, are increasingly being targeted by mobs, according to CNN. The devices, which capture and store license plate data, have raised pri…
FBI data shows that Atlanta's deployment of over 5,000 Flock Safety automatic license plate readers has had virtually no impact on crime clearance rates, with homicide clearances falling from 53.4% in…
In Roseville, California, Flock Safety's AI-powered license plate readers misread license plates in 71% of the 1,427 alerts sent to police in 2023 and 2024, according to an analysis by the Roseville P…
Flock Safety's automated license plate recognition cameras, deployed on utility poles alongside active lanes without setback or warning signage, create a crash risk as drivers slow down, swerve, or ru…
Flock Safety cameras, already criticized for AI-powered surveillance, now face claims from safety advocates that their physical placement poses roadside hazards. A camera in Greene County, Ohio, lacks…
A 77-year-old Florida man named Carl Gunn staged a solo protest against Flock Safety's automatic license plate readers by using a 12-foot pool skimmer with a sign reading "DOWN WITH FLOCK CAMERAS" to …
Road-safety advocates warn that some Flock Safety automated license plate reader installations may pose a safety risk to drivers, according to The Guardian. A camera in Greene County, Ohio, sits on a …
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, taking place October 13–15 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, will feature leaders from Amazon, Replit, Tether, Flock Safety, Benchmark, Harvey AI, and Cerebras on its main s…
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley acknowledged that human errors combined with the company's AI-powered license plate readers led to a wrongful police stop of a journalist and his wife, and that simila…
West Virginia's Freedom Caucus, led by Delegate Chris Anders, is seeking to ban AI-powered Flock surveillance cameras statewide, arguing the technology violates the Fourth Amendment. The caucus plans …
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley apologized for calling privacy activists 'terrorists' as a bipartisan backlash grows against the company's 90,000-plus automated license plate reader cameras. The city…
A reporter for The Drive and his wife were surrounded by police after errors by law enforcement and Flock Safety's AI-powered license plate cameras wrongly flagged him for stealing a $155,000 Range Ro…
At least 53 municipalities have canceled contracts with surveillance company Flock Safety over concerns about federal access to data from its AI-integrated automatic license plate readers, according t…