This Is Flock’s AI Search Tool for Cops

Flock Safety’s AI search suite lets officers select a city area and continuously scan camera feeds for individuals matching a written description, beyond license-plate recognition. After a Texas deputy used it to search 83,000 cameras for a woman who had an abortion and the company shared data with immigration agents, Flock imposed stricter data-retention limits, required case codes, and added automated auditing. Analyses show these controls record but do not stop misuse, and experts note the unsupervised description matching for race, religion, or political expression is unreliable and lacks transparency.