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Maybe they shouldn't go with the mandated DEI company and or cheapest bid. If I had taxpayer money I'd buy ANPR's that are designed to capture plates at night in pouring down rain.
Flock installed LPR's without permits and has now been banned from operating in two states
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I just got done watching this. It's worth the 30 minutes.
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Evanston is costlier than living in the city of Chicago. The cost of living in Evanston, which averages $2124 for an individual and $5382 for a family of 4, ranks in the top 4 percent of the most expensive cities in the world.Oct 20, 2022
The issue is they went with printed plates that are not as reflective and used a blue that infrared doesn't see.
I can get the old stamped plates fine in a pouring down rain LOL. It's these new flat ones that suck.
This just in...
In CA, their biggest gripe against Flock is they feel it's being used by ICE.....what a surprise.
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In CA, their biggest gripe against Flock is they feel it's being used by ICE.....what a surprise.
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Movement against police use of Flock Safety cameras gains momentum in Santa Cruz County
As Watsonville weighs renewing its Flock Safety camera contract, a new coalition is urging local cities to cut ties with the surveillance vendor, citing immigration risks and civil liberties concerns.
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Flock uses cameras with 850nm IR illumination, because that makes the optics dirt cheap (lots of suppliers). But more and more states are switching to the 3M printed license plates, which enables them to sells hundred of vanity plate variants to residents. Those plates have terrible 850nm reflectivity - most of the ink colors reflect almost equally, so you get no contrast.
The terrible performance of Flock Safety cameras at night is no secret to law enforcement. So why do they keep selling so many cameras? As one local cop explained to me, because Flock Safety has the most comprehensive multi-state LPR database of any vendor. Flock got started early in the LPR race, built out their cameras all around the country, and now no other vendor can touch them. If you're a cop doing an investigation, the Flock database allows you to track a suspect's vehicle all over your state and in surrounding states as well.
There are several LPR vendors who now offer cameras with 720 nm IR illumination that can read 3M plates, but none of them provide the type of database that Flock does. That is really Flock's big selling point. Until Flock Safety gets better competition, they have little incentive to improve their cameras.