Throughout the past few years, the use of Flock Safety license plate readers has been
across Michigan. Flock Safety, a private surveillance company based in Atlanta, provides cameras and various technologies — some of which utilize artificial intelligence — to law enforcement, neighborhoods and businesses. The solar-powered license plate readers collect information on the license plate, make and model of cars, and the license plate readers connect to cellular networks to send real-time alerts to Flock clients.
Flock Safety cameras have raised concerns about the expansion of surveillance into the private lives of Americans, similarly to other surveillance systems like Detroit’s Project Green Light. In the state of Washington, where the use of Flock Safety cameras is growing, researchers from the University of Washington Center for Human Rights have found that several Washington law enforcement agencies have conducted searches of their Flock Safety data on behalf of U.S. Border Patrol and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…