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Flock Safety的犯罪预防摄像头押注遭遇50多个城市取消
Flock Safety向美国警方和城市销售联网车牌摄像头服务；与ICE共享数据及滥用丑闻已导致50多个城市取消合作
Flock Safety
做的是什么生意
Automatic license-plate recognition (ALPR) cameras, AI search and Drone as First Responder systems sold to U.S. police departments, city governments, businesses and homeowners' associations, tied together by a searchable national data network
起因
Flock Safety (Atlanta-based, per NPR) sells point-in-time license-plate cameras to city governments, police departments, businesses and HOAs; CNET says it installs cameras at strategic locations and markets them as reducing property crimes from mail and package theft to vandalism and burglary, while claiming frequent help solving violent crime. It linked those installations through a National Lookup Tool that lets enrolled agencies search other agencies' captures nationwide.
经过
Expansion pushed the product past plates: drones (Drone as First Responder) that launch on 911 calls or gunfire at up to 60 mph, Freeform natural-language search that can query clothing descriptions, audio detection, and plans for live video feeds. NPR counted contracts with more than 5,000 law enforcement agencies. The backlash grew with the product. Officers were caught abusing search power — a Kansas police chief used Flock 164 times to track an ex, a Georgia chief was arrested for stalking, and a Virginia man's car was tracked 526 times. Investigators found local agencies routinely shared data with ICE: a University of Washington study counted eight Washington agencies sharing Flock data directly with ICE in 2025 and ten more with backdoor access, and Dayton logged 7,100 immigration-related searches across its 72 cameras. Flock says it ended its federal pilot programs with DHS agencies in August 2025. Lawmaking followed: New Hampshire requires deletion after three minutes, Washington and Virginia cap retention at 21 days, Virginia, Illinois and California ban out-of-state sharing, and by 2025 Vermont's approval process had left no agency in the state using license-plate cameras. NPR counted at least 30 localities that deactivated or canceled from the start of 2025 through February 2026; CNET's later update reported more than 50 cities canceled, and Los Angeles let its LAPD contract lapse. Sen. Ron Wyden wrote to the company that 75% of its law-enforcement customers had enrolled in the National Lookup Tool, calling the platform dangerous. Some cities could not even power the cameras off cleanly: Dayton and Evanston covered them with trash bags while contract disputes ran.
还没有结局，它还在跑。
背景
Flock Safety是一家总部位于亚特兰大的公司，向美国警察部门、市政府、企业和业主协会销售自动车牌识别（ALPR）摄像头，宣传其可预防从包裹盗窃到凶杀的各种犯罪。其增长引擎是全国数据网络：全国查询工具允许任何注册机构搜索全国其他机构的抓拍，使每个当地合同对其他客户更有价值。
押注规模扩大——NPR统计合同覆盖超过5000个执法机构——产品线从车牌照片扩展到无人机第一响应者系统、Freeform自然语言搜索、音频检测和计划中的实时视频流。增长也带来审视：警官被滥用系统跟踪（堪萨斯州一局长对前任进行了164次搜索；弗吉尼亚州一男子被追踪526次），记录显示当地数据流向ICE，包括通过不知情共享的机构。
政治反弹变成了商业问题。NPR统计自2025年初以来至少有30个地方停用或取消了Flock；CNET后来的更新报道超过50个城市取消，洛杉矶让LAPD合同失效，代顿和埃文斯顿在合同无法干净终止时用垃圾袋盖住摄像头。各州通过保留限制（新罕布什尔州的三分钟规则，华盛顿和弗吉尼亚的21天上限）和州外共享禁令，佛蒙特州的审批流程到2025年使该州没有任何机构使用车牌读取器。
截至2026年9月，Flock仍在运营，仍在扩展其无人机产品线，并告诉CNET 2026年新城市合作与非续约的比例约为七比一。但其市政市场现在取决于州法律和市议会政治，而不只是警察需求，Axon和Motorola Solutions等竞争对手也在争夺相同预算。还没有最终结果：最初的押注正在立法机构和议会大厅中接受考验，而不仅仅是在警方采购桌前。
这件事要成立，得有什么
- 以犯罪预防为卖点赢得了那些从来不需要向投票公众证明大规模监控合理的买家——直到数据共享揭露给反对者提供了具体故事
- 全国查询网络是增长引擎，但它将每起地方丑闻变成所有客户的丑闻，州外共享招致全州法律
- 固定在公共杆上的硬件使退出缓慢而尴尬——垃圾袋盖住的摄像头在合同结束后很长时间仍让Flock出现在新闻中
- 加注无人机、人物搜索和实时视频使产品从车牌转向人，给监管机构和活动家提供了更清晰的目标
- 公司仍然认为这一押注在赢——2026年新城市合作比例7:1——但决定权现在在立法机构，而不只是警察局长
可借鉴之处
当一个产品是以安全为卖点的公共基础设施时，今天的买家可能变成明天的反弹——你设计的数据规则和退出条款决定了合同能否在政治风波中幸存
后续进展
截至2026年9月5日，Flock仍在运营：其DFR无人机宣传60英里/小时的911响应，Flock告诉CNET 2026年新城市合作超出不续约七比一。不管怎样，市政潮水已转：NPR统计自2025年初以来30多个地方退出，CNET后来的更新称超过50个城市取消，洛杉矶让其合同失效，几个州限制保留和州外共享，佛蒙特州没有机构使用ALPR。Axon和Motorola正在争夺同样的预算。这一押注仍然存在，但决定权现在在立法机构和市议会手中。
资料来源
- When Flock Comes to Town: How These AI Cameras Work and What to Do About Them
- Why Some Cities Are Ditching Their Flock License Plate Readers
- That Drone in the Sky Could Be Tracking Your Car
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