What the Flock is This?
Flock Website:
Flock is designed to help authorized users find relevant evidence for investigations without compromising safety and compliance.
Clear safeguards define how information is stored, accessed, shared, and reviewed.
Customers own their data and control how it is used under their policies and applicable law.
- Flock does not identify people by their faces.
- Flock does not continuously track people or vehicles.
- Flock does not replace investigators or human judgment.
- Flock customers cannot access a live video feed from an LPR camera.
- Flock does not contract with ICE.
What Flock camera systems do?
- Record vehicle sightings at a specific place and time.
- Capture license plates and vehicle characteristics.
- Help authorized users find relevant vehicle evidence.
- Provide leads for investigators to assess alongside other evidence.
What type of businesses uses Flock systems?
Law Enforcement, Corrections, Education & Campus, Parks & Public Spaces, Transportation Buildings, Federal Buildings, Public Works, Fire & EMS, Residential HOAs, Multifamily Communities, Places of Worship, Retail & Grocery, Healthcare, Property Management, Retail Banking, Corporate Security, Builders & Developers and Manufacturing.
Note: The big issue everyone is currently talking about is, the Flock License plate reader system.
Flock Systems: Flock combines industry-leading LPR cameras, vehicle intelligence, and the nation’s largest LPR network to help teams find evidence faster, without compromising privacy or accountability.
The following picture I created using my truck and license plate. This pic is based on a Flock license plate system image I saw in the local police département’s dispatch room. The Flock camera catches the license plate and the vehicle in the same image. That way law enforcement not only has the plate number but description of the vehicle and where it was last seen. Powerful stuff.
So, what is the issue? The Flock system (LPRs) work as an automated public safety system that captures images of “all” license plates of vehicles passing the camera. Using a motion detecting system powered by AI or should I say, SI (Super Intelligence), the camera takes a snapshot of the vehicle’s license plate along with an image of the vehicle in the background. The image is then uploaded to a database which then checks to see if that plate number is on the Federal NCIC (National Crime Information Center) Database. Working real-time, this data base will flag local law enforcement if the plate number is associated with a crime or vehicles of interest within their district.
Flock states 42% of Flock customers have recovered more than half of all stolen vehicles in respected jurisdictions. Also, over 10,000 missing people have been found pertaining to Amber and Silver alerts. Also, due to these types of alerts, family members may not have a license plate number, but a general description of the vehicle involved in the abduction. That description can be up-loaded to the Flock System so the jurisdiction in that area can help locate vehicles fitting that description.
So why are some people worried about this system?
Mass surveillance.
The Flock system is designed to just capture license plates, but some people think the cameras are capable of capturing more. Like using facial recognition to track people, knowing what they do and where they go, sorta like Big Brother watching you. Their claim that it’s unconstitutional to track vehicles is pointless. There is nothing in the constitution of the United States that says everyone has a right to drive. Actually, having a license to drive a vehicle is not a right but a privilege, a privilege that can be taken away if you violate the law.
But this argument may have some validity, more later.
But the claim that the NSA could be collecting information through the Flock Camera system in my opinion, is something we should consider. As a UFO investigator I know there’s government organizations that keep track of people who’ve had interesting UFO sightings and people like me who investigate UFOs. Matter of fact I’ve been contacted twice in my lifetime by someone in the deep state who asked specific questions about a couple of my investigations. When contacted I always told the truth and answered every one of their questions. Why? Because over the years, I’ve learned that these people are running their own investigations too and if I can help, I will.
But the conspiracy that we’re all being watched and tracked?
Well of course we are, did you just fall off of a turnip truck? ha ha
Every time you walk into a Bass Pro Shops store and your phone’s Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are on, the store’s sensors can pick you up from the parking lot and track you all through the store. They’re constantly collecting data on you. Stores like Target, Walmart, Home Depot, Macy’s, Kroger and a lot more, track your every movement determining your purchasing patterns. And of course, your phone tracks you too! An iPhone can be turned off and will still track you.
If you don’t want to be tracked while in department or grocery stores, simply turn off your wifi and bluetooth before you get into their parking lot. But, your cellular carrier will still be able to track you.
There is a Federal Communications Act which under Section 222 states cellular companies cannot sell your personal information. But when you visit a department store or grocery store, well you are on private property, their private property and they can legally track you.
Also stores like Walmart that have electronic shelf labels can adjust prices across the entire store based on group behavior. Prices can fluctuate based on the time of day, or current weather or even news events which is one of the most powerful triggers that retail algorithms use to change prices. The prices can go up but can also go down to entice a sale.
The data collected from a Flock camera system and what is done with that data depends on who is collecting the data. Department stores and grocery stores collecting data are private entities. What private companies do while tracking the consumer in their stores falls under Consumer Privacy Laws, but what a government agency does with collected data like law enforcement, well that falls under the Privacy Act of 1974.
Privacy Act of 1974:
Establishes a code of fair information practices that governs the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of information about individuals that is maintained in systems of records by federal agencies.
Two entities, private and government doing the same thing but both have to adhere to different rules. One can be challenged yet the other really can’t. If you have issues with stores tracking you, then you have the option to not shop at that store. But if law enforcement is tracking you on public roadways, well that’s another issue.
So yes, you can make the case of a Flock camera taking pictures of your license plate and vehicle as long as the camera is owned by a government entity. But private businesses and HOAs which have them watching and recording you, well that’s ok. Matter of fact, I could put a Flock camera up on my front yard and tag every car going down the street. But before you complain about that, just think about this. Over 74.9 million U.S. households have some form of indoor or outdoor security camera. I have one! I can see every car that drives past my house, and record the data, just like my neighbors are doing to me.
So, what is really the issue with Flock cameras compared to everything else that is tracking us? Are those who are complaining just knit picking? Or, do they have something to hide. Either way, if you think Flock Cameras are part of some big government conspiracy, try investigating UFOs, because the Flock Camera system is the way least of your concerns.
But if you want to complain about them, go for it! But where does it stop? Grocery stores? Department stores? Personal security cameras? They’re all watching and tracking us daily, including our cell phones. It’s just a part of life right now because we’re all living in the high-tech age, fast pace and always moving faster every year. So instead of fighting it, hell, get your own Flock camera and start collecting those digital license plates. Why not? How many places of business have license plates hanging on their walls. Nobody is complaining about that? Well, probably because they’re mostly drinking. 🙂
Chuck Zukowski
UFOnut.com
Category: The Z-Files
