Chance (25 Aug 2026)
"Flock Safety - Surveillance with Cameras and Now Drones"


 
Hello John and Doves,
 
One way or the other, they will be increasing their spying on Americans.  No matter how many contracts are cancelled with Flock Safety or how many of their cameras are vandalized...
 
Flock Safety is known for its license plate scanning technology.  With cameras placed on poles all across the U.S.  The public has become aware of the flock cameras and has responded negatively towards them (vandalism/destruction/removal)
 
No problem, Flock Safety is moving on to drones.  Over half their business is drones now. 

People Keep Destroying Flock Cameras Across America. The Paperwork Already Saw It Coming.
 
"...both contract cancellations and vandalism are accelerating."
Flock to Pay for Vandalized Flock Cameras (Public Report)
 
"A 2024 analysis by a police department in California found Flock misread license plates 71% of the alerts it sent to police."
Resistance to police surveillance tech like Flock cameras grows : NPR
 
Flock is moving on to new technology called "Drone as First Responder", DFR.  "..drones can be dispatched to emergencies before police officers arrive."  
Flock CEO: Drones Are Our Fastest-Growing Business - Business Insider
 
Moving on from cameras, Flock Safety can surveil with drones.  These "can track and monitor the general public's every move from the sky.  "The drones are equipped with cameras capable of reading license plates from up to 2,000 feet away..."   The drones can travel  up to 60 mph and up to 400 feet.
 
Customers for this technology are police departments and private companies.  
Flock Quietly Rolls Out Surveillance Drones to Track Americans from the Sky - Slay News
 
So exactly how helpful have the cameras been to the police?
 
"New FBI data shows case closure rates for the Atlanta Police Department have not improved despite thousands of ALPRs installed since 2021."
5,000 Flock Cameras Cover Atlanta, Yet The Police Are Resolving Fewer Crimes
 
"Flock Safety calls its core system "vehicle fingerprinting" - plate, make, model, color.  Contained and clinical.  Except the ACLU documents that Flock's system also generates heat maps charting a vehicle's movements across an entire city over a month.  Flock initially denied this feature existed when questioned by local officials, then admitted that it was active."  This is being called "mass surveillance without a warrant".  And the cameras can also detect and track people.  Seems cities, communities weren't aware of what all Flock Safety cameras are capable of doing - according to the ACLU. Also, the system is easily hacked.
A Police Officer Turned Whistleblower Exposed Flock Camera Network. The Data Backs the Claim. - Gadget Review
 
Watching people, tracking people...the public isn't happy with this.  Flock cameras have been vandalized in 36 plus states.  And some 100 cities have deactivated their cameras or cancelled their contracts.  If it's not helping city law enforcement...what is its purpose? 
 
This technology can easily be abused.  People can be spied on.   
 
But what will people do with the Flock drones??  
 
This technology would be very useful to a bad government, a police state.
 
Maranatha!
 
Chance