Flock Safety's Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) have been deactivated or rejected by 53 US cities amid privacy and data-sharing concerns, marking growing pushback against Flock Safety installations. The decisions reflect rising unease over how ALPR data is collected and shared.
Police defend the technology, saying Flock Safety's ALPR network has aided serious investigations—one Texas department queried data from over 103,000 devices—while privacy advocates and several cities cite the cameras' capture of vehicle details as invasive. Flock Safety sells systems to thousands of agencies and private entities, and 38 rejections occurred in the past six months.
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