Flock misread license plates in 71% of the alerts it sent to police in Roseville, CA
Flock says that in optimal conditions, its cameras accurately read more than 96% of license plate characters. Hundreds of pages of records from the Roseville Police Department show a different picture.* In 2023 and 2024, Flock sent 1,427 alerts to Roseville police, flagging vehicles as stolen or used in a felony after they passed one of the city's Flock cameras. An analysis by the police department found that in 71%* **of those alerts, Flock's machine-learning software incorrectly read the license plates.
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