Flock Safety CEO Calls for 'Compromise' Amid Escalating License Plate Reader Backlash

Automated license plate reader (ALPR) provider Flock Safety is attempting to quell nationwide privacy concerns as chief executive Garrett Langley called for regulatory compromise.

Flock network of cameras—deployed across thousands of municipalities and homeowners associations—processes billions of vehicle location points monthly. Amid lawsuits challenging unconstitutional warrantless tracking, Flock proposed capping raw data retention to 14 days and establishing mandatory judicial warrant requirements for inter-agency data sharing.

Privacy advocates remain skeptical, arguing that public oversight and strict legislative prohibitions are necessary to prevent nationwide mass surveillance.