The Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism held a hearing Wednesday on Flock Safety's nationwide AI surveillance network. The session focused on the company's automated license plate readers, or ALPRs, which are deployed in communities across the country and used by law enforcement.
According to the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), Flock's ALPRs are capable of taking still photos, video recordings, audio capture, and livestreaming. EPIC characterized the hearing as adding fuel to the fire around Flock's surveillance infrastructure.
The group's account does not include testimony or a company response, so no direct comparison of positions is possible from this single source. Still, the hearing signals growing congressional attention to the privacy implications of networked surveillance tools used by police.