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Flock Safety defends local control as ICE reportedly uses ALPR data without direct agreement
June 4, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
DANVILLE, Ill. — Flock Safety, a provider of automatic license plate reader (ALPR) technology, is under scrutiny after a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request revealed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has accessed its surveillance network through local law enforcement agencies.
According to documents obtained by 404 Media, law enforcement agencies across the country have used Flock Safety’s ALPR system to conduct immigration-related searches, citing reasons...
Cold as ICE
June 4, 2025Cory Harris, Editor
It appears that federal immigration authorities are utilizing state and local law enforcement agencies across the U.S. as a conduit to help their mass deportation efforts, and a manufacturer of license plate readers is caught in the middle.
A report released by independent website 404 Media on May 27 revealed that state and local law enforcement agencies across the U.S. are helping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigations by using AI-powered automatic license plate reader...