This Is Flock’s AI Search Tool for Cops

Flock's latest "safety" search tools give police several ways to find people on camera, not just the license plates on their cars. The capabilities sit inside a suite of software now at the center of dozens of police stalking cases. WIRED collected and analyzed that software and created a mock-up of what officers see when interacting with the system.

Among the tools is an AI-powered watch list. An officer can cordon off an area of a city and make the cameras inside it run a continuous, automated search for anyone fitting a written description.

Over the past year, Flock has faced backlash against its technology. Police departments across the country have canceled contracts, and city councils that once approved Flock have quietly voted the cameras back out. Two members of Congress wrote to Flock CEO Garrett Langley after a Texas deputy searched more than 83,000 cameras for a woman who had an abortion. And Illinois found the company had let federal immigration agents access state camera data in violation of state law.

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