{"slug": "flock-license-plate-readers", "title": "Flock license plate readers", "summary": "Flock License Plate Readers, an AI-powered automated license plate reader system by Flock Safety, operate in over 5,000 communities across 49 U.S. states and perform over 20 billion vehicle scans monthly, according to company marketing materials. The system records license plates, vehicle characteristics, and movement patterns for law enforcement use without individual consent or warrants.", "body_md": "| ← Older revision | Revision as of 10:05, 23 August 2026 | ||\n| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||\n|Description=AI-powered automated license plate reader (ALPR) system that creates \"Vehicle Fingerprints\" by recording license plates, vehicle characteristics, and movement patterns for law enforcement use without individual consent or warrants. | |Description=AI-powered automated license plate reader (ALPR) system that creates \"Vehicle Fingerprints\" by recording license plates, vehicle characteristics, and movement patterns for law enforcement use without individual consent or warrants. | ||\n}} | }} | ||\n'''Flock License Plate Readers''' (previously known as '''Flock Safety Falcon'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Falcon |url=https://www.flocksafety.com/devices/falcon |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.ph/UjKM5 |archive-date=6 Dec 2024 |access-date=6 Dec 2024 |work=Flock Safety}}</ref>), are a network of AI-powered surveillance cameras that record vehicle data for law enforcement agencies. The system operates in over 5,000 communities across 49 states in the U.S.A.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hamid |first=Sarah |last2=Alajaji |first2=Rindala |date=27 Jun 2025 |title=Flock Safety's Feature Updates Cannot Make Automated License Plate Readers Safe |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/flock-safetys-feature-updates-cannot-make-automated-license-plate-readers-safe |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250628052030/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/flock-safetys-feature-updates-cannot-make-automated-license-plate-readers-safe |archive-date=28 Jun 2025 |access-date=23 Aug 2025 |work=Electronic Frontier Foundation}}</ref> According to the company's own marketing materials, Flock performs over 20 billion vehicle scans monthly.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flock Safety |url=https://www.flocksafety.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/yDtD1 |archive-date=7 March 2026 |access-date=23 Aug 2025 |work=Flock Safety}}</ref> | '''Flock License Plate Readers''' (previously known as '''Flock Safety Falcon'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Falcon |url=https://www.flocksafety.com/devices/falcon |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.ph/UjKM5 |archive-date=6 Dec 2024 |access-date=6 Dec 2024 |work=Flock Safety}}</ref>, or colloquially known as '''Flock Cameras'''), are a network of AI-powered surveillance cameras that record vehicle data for law enforcement agencies. The system operates in over 5,000 communities across 49 states in the U.S.A.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hamid |first=Sarah |last2=Alajaji |first2=Rindala |date=27 Jun 2025 |title=Flock Safety's Feature Updates Cannot Make Automated License Plate Readers Safe |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/flock-safetys-feature-updates-cannot-make-automated-license-plate-readers-safe |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250628052030/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/flock-safetys-feature-updates-cannot-make-automated-license-plate-readers-safe |archive-date=28 Jun 2025 |access-date=23 Aug 2025 |work=Electronic Frontier Foundation}}</ref> According to the company's own marketing materials, Flock performs over 20 billion vehicle scans monthly.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flock Safety |url=https://www.flocksafety.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/yDtD1 |archive-date=7 March 2026 |access-date=23 Aug 2025 |work=Flock Safety}}</ref> | ||\n==Consumer impact summary== | ==Consumer impact summary== |", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/flock-license-plate-readers", "canonical_source": "https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Flock_license_plate_readers&diff=64704&oldid=64352", "published_at": "2026-08-23 10:05:59+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-23 10:13:09.376042+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "computer-vision", "ai-ethics", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Flock Safety", "Flock License Plate Readers", "Flock Safety Falcon", "Electronic Frontier Foundation"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/flock-license-plate-readers", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/flock-license-plate-readers.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/flock-license-plate-readers.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/flock-license-plate-readers.jsonld"}}