Flock’s New AI Can Track More Than Your License Plate

Our Take

Big Truth Channel is drawing attention to reporting — built on code analysis reportedly done by WIRED — suggesting Flock Safety's newer AI features go well beyond reading license plates. For years, Flock's pitch to city councils and skeptical residents has rested on one line: this is about vehicles, not people. If the underlying system is quietly parsing more granular details about cars, drivers, or passengers, that distinction starts to look like a marketing talking point rather than a technical boundary.

This matters because the entire local-approval process for ALPR networks is built on trust in vendor claims. Communities vote to install these cameras based on narrow promises about what data is collected and how it's used. When investigative reporting starts peeling back the code and finding capabilities that weren't part of the public pitch, it's a reminder that 'vehicle tracking' can be a soft entry point for much broader surveillance infrastructure — the kind that's a lot harder to walk back once it's wired into police workflows and quietly expanding AI features.

Credit to Big Truth Channel for pushing this into public view. If you want to see how dense Flock's network already is near you, check our camera map, and if you'd rather not wait for the next investigation to find out what these systems are really doing, our take-action resources can help you push back locally.