Flock Safety Tries to Fix Privacy Woes | Dover News

Dover News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 13, 2026 · 2m

Flock Safety is rolling out major platform changes to tackle privacy fears and misuse of its automated license plate readers, including mandatory audit tools, a seven-day data retention limit, and case-number linking for searches — moves hailed as steps toward accountability but criticized by civil liberties groups as insufficient, since officers still hold sole discretion over who gets searched, without judicial oversight. Despite claims of success in locating missing persons and catching criminals, the tech has been linked to dozens of documented abuses, including officers tracking…