WIRED: Flock's Police AI Can Track People Despite Denials
zacharynado · x · 2026-08-20
Despite Flock Safety's claims that its cameras "cannot recognize, identify, or track individuals," WIRED obtained and reconstructed the code for its police AI system, revealing capabilities that go far beyond license plate reading. The system, now called OS Investigate, leverages a network of cameras across 6,000 communities to identify drivers based on movement patterns, find potential witnesses by frequency, surface associates, and search for people by physical description on a map. It ships with 69 prewritten AI prompts and integrates with police case files, 911 logs, and commercial databases containing SSNs, effectively converting plate data into names, addresses, and relatives.
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