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That Drone in the Sky Could Be Tracking Your Car
['Beryl Lipton', 'Hannah Zhao']
Electronic Frontier Foundation
"The Flock Safety drone, specifically, are flying LPR cameras as well,” Rahul Sidhu, Vice President of Aviation at Flock Safety, recently told a group of potential law enforcement customers interested in drone-as-first-responder (DFR) programs.
The biggest police technology companies, like Axon, Flock Safety, and Motorola Solutions, are broadening their drone offerings, anticipating that drones could become an important piece of their revenue stream.
While the ALPR feature is available as part of Flock drone acquisitions, some government customers may not realize that to approve a drone from Flock Safety may also mean approving a flying ALPR.
And though not every Flock safety drone is currently running the ALPR feature, some departments, like Redondo Beach Police Department, have plans to activate it in the near future.
When EFF posed questions to Flock Safety about the integration of ALPR and its drones, the company declined to comment.
['car'
'drones'
'alpr'
'flock'
'enforcement'
'information'
'surveillance'
'drone'
'sky'
'tracking'
'safety'
'cameras'
'departments']