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Flock Safety’s surveillance network has been expanding for years. In recent months, we’ve reported on growing concerns around how US law enforcement is using its cameras, as allegations of misuse pile up. Here’s a deep dive into how we got here.

Flock boasted that its cameras caused a 50 percent drop in reported crimes like robbery and nonresidential burglary. But experts, and the police themselves, could not confirm a direct causal link between the surveillance technology and declining crime rates. www.wired.com/story/flock-...

Flash forward to last year, when an accidental leak revealed Flock was training its AI surveillance system using overseas gig workers from Upwork. By that time, Flock cameras were present in thousands of communities across the country. www.wired.com/story/flock-...

In May this year, public concern over Flock surveillance had grown enough that a bipartisan amendment was put forward to immediately end state and local ALPR programs. It was eventually killed, partly due to Flock’s expanding lobbying operations. www.wired.com/story/a-bipa...