Flock Safety cameras have been pilloried for facilitating the AI-powered surveillance of private citizens and for targeting immigrants for years. The camera, an automated license plate reader (ALPR), is owned by Flock Safety and is painted black, making it difficult to see. Roadside safety hardware includes crash cushions, breakaway supports, transitions and other structures and spaces that help to prevent catastrophe for motorists who leave the road. Eimers says he has only ever found one Flock pole, in Erie county, Ohio, installed with the required breakaway plate. “We do not agree with the premise that Flock regularly installs poles in violation of federal, state, or local safety requirements.