Virginia police used Flock cameras to track driver 526 times in 4 months, lawsuit says
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Lee Schmidt, a retired veteran, wanted to know more about the license plate cameras tracking him in Norfolk, Virginia, where he lives.
So he sued with a co-plaintiff and a legal nonprofit and got an answer: 176 cameras across the city logged his location 526 times between Feb. 19 and July 2, according to a Monday court filing. That’s about four times per day.
“It’sacrazyhighnumber.Itwasshocking,”SchmidttoldNBCNews.“Thecreepinessleveljustwentstraightup.”ThecamerasareoperatedbyFlockSafety,acompanythathasgrownswiftlyinrecentyearsandnowbillsitselfas“thelargestpublic-privatesafetynetwork”inthecountry.Foundedin2017,Flockoffersawiderangeofdata-generatingsurveillanceequipment,includingdrones,audiogunshotdetectorsandbody-wornvideocamerasforpoliceofficers,whichcanthenbecombinedwiththecompany’ssoftwareproductsthatincludeeverythingfromsearchabledatabasestoreal-timemaps.
Flockisrelativelynewtotheautomaticlicenseplatereaders(ALPR)market,buthasbecomethelargestprovide
