How much safer do Flock cameras make us?
2026-09-15 · 10 min · 4 entities
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Flock cameras promise to reduce crimes like car theft. But these automated license plate readers come with a trade-off: a wide-reaching surveillance network. Today on the show, does Flock actually make communities safer?
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez .
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