When you enter or exit Spokane County on almost any major road, your car’s color, make, model and license plate number are automatically captured by at least one camera made by the surveillance technology company Flock Safety.
That data is stored for at least 30 days in a database accessible by law enforcement agencies across the state, and in some cases, the nation.
With nearly 100 Flock cameras currently operating in our county and more than 30 additional cameras set to roll out soon in small cities across the region, Spokane County is quickly becoming a well-embroidered square in the quilt of Flock surveillance that blankets the country…