Flock Adds Safeguards to Licence Plate Readers After Wave of Stalking Cases A disturbing trend has been unfolding in the US under the guise of public safety: the proliferation of automatic licence plate readers (ALPRs) that threatens individual privacy and erodes trust between law enforcement and communities.
The latest development is Flock Safety's decision to implement "safeguards" after reports emerged of police officers using their AI powered ALPRs to stalk and harass women.
Flock, based in Atlanta, Georgia, has an impressive network of 120,000 cameras across the US, capturing images of vehicles and licence plates for storage in a searchable database.