Image Recognition
Chris Adams, public information officer for the Garner Police Department, said coupling the two systems will give officers information they would not have otherwise. According to a January 2023 article by Triad City Beat , Winston-Salem agreed to install 25 of Flock Safety’s license plate readers across all eight wards of the city. Winston-Salem Police said the footage would not be sold or shared by Flock Safety, according to the article.Flock Safety also has license plate readers in other North Carolina cities including Raleigh and Greensboro. Twenty-five Flock cameras were installed in Raleigh in June 2022. As of February 2023, Raleigh police reported that 41 people had been arrested on outstanding warrants after Flock alerts.Instead of using the Flock Safety gunshot detectors, Winston-Salem uses ShotSpotter, a different device.