The Drive
PulseAugur coverage of The Drive — every cluster mentioning The Drive across labs, papers, and developer communities, ranked by signal.
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Flock Safety cameras functioned correctly during police ambush, company claims
Flock Safety has stated that its automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras functioned as intended during an incident where law enforcement used the system to track and ambush an individual without apparent cause. Th…
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LAPD drops Flock license plate readers after audit reveals widespread misuse
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) will not renew its contract with Flock, a company that provides automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology. This decision follows an audit revealing that the LAPD improperl…
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Flock cameras' AI misidentifies journalist, leading to arrest
Flock Safety cameras, utilizing AI, mistakenly identified a journalist as a suspect, leading to his arrest. The journalist, who writes for The Drive, detailed how a chain of surveillance technology, including these came…
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Flock AI cameras misidentify license plate, leading to police detention of reviewer
Flock AI cameras misidentified a car reviewer's license plate, leading to a police ambush and detention. The system failed to correctly read a non-standard New Jersey plate, flagging it as stolen due to a data entry err…