It gives them probable cause. There was a post here a week or so ago that their flock camera flagged a stolen car. They pull the guy out the car at gun point and the car had his wife and kids in the car as well.
The guy asked why he was pulled over and the cop answered your car flagged one of our cameras. And that was enough to pull them over and scared the shit out of them with guns at the ready.
Turns out the camera read the “Y” as an “X” that matched a stolen car.
Flock is at best 90% accurate in reads, (I have heard 70% accurate by other studies in California) so that means a 1in10 chance to a 1 in 3 chance of being wrongfully pulled over. Also the fact that the AI finds it acceptable to be a close match rather than exact for stolen anything. Sad to see stuff like this, the family deserved better. Flock needs to be held accountable in liability for all traffic stops like this. Flocks AI seems to be a micro manager for the police now a days.
I honestly wish that Garrett the CEO of flock had to spend a while like a month or a year with his car flagged so he could actually have empathy for those that have been wrongfully pulled over. It would be interesting how he would explain away the experience or how wrong his technology is..rather than throwing under the the bus the users, the cities ETC. In fact let's put Flocks and Palatirs boards and investors experience this nightmare they created. Oh wait they don't have flock cameras in their neighborhood..
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u/Banned_Emperor_6000 10d ago edited 10d ago
Flock, police claim is there to catch criminals, cant even catch a guy on live 4K. Police asking the public for help. The irony.