Last week, Flock Safety, the Atlanta-based company that has built a national network of license plate surveillance cameras that feed data to local police — including nearly 300 scanners in Oakland — hosted a private virtual training session for law enforcement officers. The 60-minute webinar was billed as a chance for officers to learn how to speak to city councils about Flock’s technology.
The company’s surveillance cameras track people’s movements by scanning the license plates of all vehicles that come within their range. The data can instantly alert police to wanted vehicles and can be used by investigators to trace the routes drivers took.
The training, according to a public description on Flock’s website, equips police with “clear ways to reframe common concerns and respond to misinformation.”…