Flock Safety Says Its License Plate Readers Reduce Crime. It’s Not That Simple
Oct 25, 2019•8 min
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Episode description
In March, police in an Atlanta suburb embarked on a surveillance experiment they hoped would reduce crime in the area. Along public roads near the local Six Flags amusement park, officers from the Cobb County Police Department installed 13 solar-powered automatic license plate readers from Flock Safety, an Atlanta-based startup on a mission to “eliminate non-violent crime.
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