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How much safer do Flock cameras make us?
15 September 2026

How much safer do Flock cameras make us?

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Flock cameras promise to reduce crimes like car theft. But these automated license plate readers come with a trade-off: a wide-reaching surveillance network. Today on the show, does Flock actually make communities safer?

Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.

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