Flock's spokesperson confirms its microphones detect fireworks, sideshows and potential crashes
Flock CEO Garrett Langley said its microphones detect "just gunshots," but a company spokesperson says they also detect fireworks and sideshows. Buyers who signed off on the CEO's description should check it against the vendor's own detection list.
Perspective Coverage
3 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 8%
- Operator
- Operator 52%
- Investor
- Investor 40%
Reality
- Evidence78
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+55
- Incentives70
- Confidence74
buildOne report1 publisher WIRED traces rising Thai camera shipments into Flock Safety's supply chain
Flock Safety told buyers in 2019 that its license plate cameras were manufactured in the United States. Import records now show growing camera and radar shipments from a Thai supplier. WIRED could not establish where the cameras are assembled today.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption62
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives66
- Confidence55
Flock dropped the made-in-America line from its camera marketing
For years Flock said its license plate cameras were produced in the United States. WIRED found that claim gone from the newer materials while import records show cameras and radar parts arriving from Primax in Thailand.
Reality
- Evidence62
- Adoption60
- Hype gap+12
- Incentives65
- Confidence58
Flock's sharing settings plugged one Atlanta suburb's plate reads into 2,000 organizations
Alpharetta has about 120 officers and a Flock setting that auto-approves data requests from any police agency within 500 miles, which is how one suburb's plate reads reached Medicare fraud investigators in Illinois.
Reality
- Evidence72
- Adoption88
- Hype gap+8
- Incentives60
- Confidence74
Flock's CEO told cops the abortion-search story was 'entirely false.' The affidavit says otherwise
A recording of an August call with Ohio officials shows Garrett Langley denying a documented case and coaching police on press strategy. Court records obtained by EFF contradict him.
Reality
- Evidence74
- Adoption63
- Hype gap+22
- Incentives82
- Confidence64
WIRED says it pulled 69 prewritten police prompts and 45 tool definitions off Flock's own website. The procurement lesson: a vendor's "cannot" describes this build, not the next one.
Perspective Coverage
4 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 20%
- Operator
- Operator 59%
- Investor
- Investor 21%
Reality
- Evidence74
- Adoption34
- Hype gap+12
- Incentives68
- Confidence70
buildOne report1 publisher Flock's OS Investigate starts the search before there is a suspect
WIRED found 14 prompts in Flock Safety's unreleased investigation tool that need no plate, name, or description. The predicate for the search becomes the buyer's problem.
Reality
- Evidence52
- Adoption22
- Hype gap+12
- Incentives68
- Confidence55