Flock cameras just don’t read the license plate. They also use AI to identify the vehicle color, year, make and model. It also adds identifiers to the vehicle, such as damage, bumper, stickers, or window stickers. And all the data is Geo tagged in real time.
Flock cameras even have facial recognition to identify pedestrians. They can also analyze and score the person’s gait as they walk.
The system stores all this data in a searchable format. The contract with the city/police department generally allows other entities (i.e. Big Brother) to search the data collected on behalf of the local government.
Local governments get around constitutional restrictions on massive data collection by having a private company actually collect the data. But this proxy set up needs to be challenged in court. I don’t believe it is constitutional.
