部分使用Flock摄像头的城市犯罪破案率更高，但人们仍在质疑这项技术是否是破案率提升的原因
2026年10月11日 美国东部时间7:00 / 福克斯新闻网
作者：彼得·达布罗斯卡
Flock Safety高管吹捧公司协助侦破案件的成效
Flock Safety的公共事务经理表示，公司的技术正在帮助警方侦破街头犯罪案件，且公司的数据安全有保障。
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Flock Safety运营的备受争议的Flock摄像头目前已部署在49个州，该公司正在吹捧使用该摄像头的城市相较于未使用的城市更高的犯罪破案率，与此同时，全美范围内围绕这款监控工具的争议愈演愈烈。
“它几乎可以用于所有类型的犯罪调查，”该公司公共事务经理菲尔·阿诺德告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“这对肇事逃逸事故、被盗车辆、财产犯罪以及针对人身的犯罪都非常有帮助。”
阿诺德是一名退休执法人员，曾在伊利诺伊州肖伍德社区服务了40年，其中担任该镇警察局长长达27年。
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阿诺德告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，在其职业生涯的最后七年里，他所在的部门使用了Flock Safety运营的自动车牌识别（ALPR）技术来协助侦破案件，并将这项创新称为不折不扣的革命性技术。
“举个例子，在拥有这项技术之前，如果有人说‘嘿，我刚被抢了，劫匪开的是一辆白色雪佛兰塔霍SUV’，”阿诺德解释道，“我们会发布这类信息，也就是所谓的‘全面警戒（BOLO）’，然后警员会拦下每一辆白色雪佛兰塔霍SUV，试图找到肇事者。”
而在类似的案件中，如今Flock的监控摄像头会将搜索范围缩小到报案犯罪发生的特定地理位置，随后与车辆描述相符的车牌照片可用于识别可能的嫌疑车辆。
“这样就缩小了搜查范围，”阿诺德说，“不会给那些仅仅因为开了同款车而被拦下的民众带来不便。”
车牌摄像头正在全方位追踪驾车者
Flock向福克斯新闻数字频道提供了一份内部报告数据，对比了使用Flock摄像头的城市与未使用城市的破案率。
例如，数据显示，田纳西州纳什维尔市2026年上半年仅侦破了7%的机动车盗窃案，而在约16英里外的亨德森维尔市，安装了Flock系统的该市破案率达到了40%。
“加重袭击案的破案率也遵循了同样的模式：41% vs 95%。纳什维尔仅侦破了3%的车辆闯入案件，而亨德森维尔的这一比例为50%。”
根据Flock的说法，这类模式在美国各地都普遍存在。
北卡罗来纳州希尔斯伯勒市未使用Flock系统，其研究时段内的车辆盗窃案破案率为0%，而附近的伯灵顿市同类案件破案率达到了46%。
在未使用Flock系统的密歇根州安娜堡市，破案率低于附近的范布伦镇。
Flock CEO及技术同行被要求就AI摄像头隐私担忧出席参议院听证会
Flock的自动车牌识别摄像头已在49个州的12万多个地点部署，利用人工智能通过车牌、车辆品牌、型号和颜色识别车辆，协助警方调查犯罪，同时也因大规模监控和收集驾车者位置数据的担忧遭到隐私维权人士的批评。
Flock将俄勒冈州尤金市称为“最具说服力的案例”。
“Flock摄像头在2025年10月前一直在运行，随后被移除，”报告称，“机动车盗窃案破案率从15%降至9%；入室盗窃案破案率从21%降至15%。”
“同期仍在运行Flock系统的附近梅德福市，侦破了29%的车辆盗窃案和25%的入室盗窃案。”
但并非所有人都对Flock赞不绝口。
全国各地持怀疑态度的社区已请愿当地政府废除这项技术。一些人认为它具有侵入性且毫无必要，还有人称其违反宪法。
周四，俄克拉荷马州的一名联邦法官裁定，一名警员利用Flock系统查询一名女性过去一个月的驾驶记录，并据此将其拦下的行为，侵犯了她的第四修正案权利。该女子在被拦下时持有91磅甲基苯丙胺。
前特勤局网络犯罪专家就黑客入侵Flock摄像头失窃数据后的隐私问题发表看法
查德·马洛是美国公民自由联盟（ACLU）的高级政策顾问，专注于隐私和监控领域。
他认为，安装Flock摄像头与提高破案率之间不一定存在因果关系。
“这是不同的城市，规模也不同。此前的汽车盗窃率是多少？该市的贫困率如何？”他问道，“警方部门的执法理念是什么？比如，一个城市投入了多少警力来防范或侦破汽车盗窃案，而另一个城市又投入了多少？”
隐私是围绕Flock摄像头的一大核心问题，许多地区正在就街头监控的程度、是否应由与警方合作的私营公司收集驾车者数据展开激烈辩论。
“我认为一个常见的误区是，当车辆经过摄像头时，摄像头只会拍摄车辆尾部和车牌，仅此而已，你看不到驾驶员是谁，也看不到乘客是谁，它只捕捉车辆尾部和车牌，”阿诺德解释道。
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他补充道，除非执法部门在搜寻嫌疑人时，否则不会调取这些数据，且警员需要获取计算机辅助调度（CAD）报告或案件编号才能访问任何数据。根据阿诺德的说法，数据仅保留30天。
但警员超出执法范围使用自动车牌识别技术的案例层出不穷。《华盛顿邮报》的一项分析发现，至少有50起警员滥用该工具的案件，其中许多案件涉及对前任伴侣的跟踪。
与此同时，这项监控技术的合宪性仍存在争议。
“宪法确立了我们的隐私权，规定政府未经搜查令和合理依据，不得获取公民的个人物品和私人信息，”马洛表示，他指出不仅Flock Safety一家公司使用自动车牌识别技术，Axon和摩托罗拉等公司也在销售这类技术。
“但美国人完全可以合理地质问：‘你知道吗，如果我没有被指控任何不当行为，我不希望政府连续几天、几周、几个月甚至几年追踪我在车内的行踪。我不希望这种事发生，即便宪法允许这么做，我也不希望我的法律允许这种情况存在。’”
阿诺德告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，Flock欢迎对这类工具进行政府监管。
“我们希望推动立法通过，”他说，“我们的CEO加勒特·兰利大概在一个半月前就呼吁立法者……出台相关法律来规范这一领域。
“我们希望它被监管。我们不希望有人滥用这个系统。我们在新闻中已经见过这种情况了。”
他补充道：“没有比好警员更痛恨渎职警员的人了。”
马洛表示，该公司呼吁监管是为了在近期遭遇舆论反弹后挽救其业务。
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“Flock现在才主动提出监管，是因为他们别无选择，”他说，并指出该公司直到最近才宣布将数据保留标准期限缩短至30天。“Flock这么做不是因为突然有了良知，也不是突然决定讲道德。这么做是因为他们需要提升公共形象。”
对阿诺德而言，核心在于这款工具对警员大有帮助，而这种帮助正是当下迫切需要的。
“这对警局的人力来说太有用了，你知道吗？全国大多数警局都有点人手不足。不是每个人都想当警察了。所以它确实能在这类案件中提供帮助，”阿诺德说，“它绝对是一款能倍增警力的工具，作为一名曾使用过这项技术的警察局长，我亲眼见证了这一点。”
彼得·达布罗斯卡是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者。
Flock executive defends crime-fighting cameras as ACLU attorney questions company’s motives amid backlash
Some cities that use Flock have higher crime clearance rates, but questions remain about whether technology is responsible
October 11, 2026 7:00am EDT / Fox News
By Peter D’Abrosca
Flock Safety executive touts company’s success helping solve crimes
Flock Safety’s public affairs manager says the company’s technology is helping police solve crimes in the streets, and that the company’s data is secure.
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Flock Safety, which operates controversial Flock cameras now in 49 states, is touting crime clearance rates in cities that use the cameras compared to cities that don’t — as a nationwide battle over the surveillance tool rages.
“It’s used for any kind of crime really,” Phil Arnold, a public affairs manager for the company, told Fox News Digital. “It’s very helpful for hit-and-run accidents, also stolen vehicles, property crimes, crimes against people as well.”
Arnold is a retired law enforcement officer who served his community in Shorewood, Illinois, for 40 years. He was the chief police executive in the town for 27 years.
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A pigeon perches on a Flock Safety camera in Garden Grove, Calif.(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Arnold told Fox News Digital that for the last seven years of his career, his department used automatic license plate reader (ALPR) technology, which Flock Safety operates, to help solve crimes, describing the innovation as nothing short of revolutionary.
“Let me give you an example. Before we had this technology, someone would say, ‘Hey, I just got robbed, and it was a white Chevy Tahoe,’” Arnold explained. “We would then put out this information, a BOLO [be on the lookout] so to speak, and police officers would stop every white Chevy Tahoe trying to find the offender.”
Now, in a similar situation, Flock surveillance cameras narrow the searches to a specific geographic location where a reported crime has occurred, and then photographs of license plates matching the vehicle description can be used to identify possible suspect vehicles.
“So it narrows down the search,” Arnold said. “It doesn’t inconvenience the people who are just getting stopped because of the car they’re driving.”
LICENSE PLATE CAMERAS ARE TRACKING DRIVERS EVERYWHERE
Protesters rally against the use of Flock cameras at City Hall in Troy, N.Y.(Jim Franco/ Times Union via Getty Images, File)
Flock provided Fox News Digital data from an internal report regarding crime solving rates in cities that use Flock cameras, compared to cities that don’t.
For example, in Tennessee, Nashville cleared only 7% of motor vehicle thefts in the first half of 2026, versus 40% in Flock-equipped Hendersonville, a smaller city about 16 miles away, according to the data.
“Aggravated assault clearance followed the same pattern: 41% vs. 95%. Only 3% of vehicle break-ins were solved in Nashville, compared with 50% in Hendersonville.
Those patterns, according to Flock, hold true in places all over the country.
Where Hillsborough, North Carolina, which does not use Flock, cleared 0% of vehicle thefts in the time studied, nearby Burlington cleared 46% of the same cases.
In Flock-less Ann Arbor, Michigan, solve rates were lower than in nearby Van Buren Township.
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A Flock Safety camera mounted to a light pole in Burbank, Calif. Flock’s automated license plate reader cameras have been deployed in over 120,000 locations across 49 states, using artificial intelligence to identify vehicles by their license plates, make, model and color to help law enforcement investigate crimes, while also drawing criticism from privacy advocates over concerns about mass surveillance and the collection of motorists’ location data.
Flock described Eugene, Oregon, as “the most telling case.”
“Flock cameras ran through October 2025, then were removed,” the report says. “Motor-vehicle-theft clearance fell from 15% to 9%; burglary clearance dropped from 21% to 15%.
“Nearby Medford, still running Flock, cleared 29% of vehicle thefts & 25% of burglaries over the same period.”
But not everyone is singing Flock’s praises.
Skeptical communities nationwide have petitioned their local governments to do away with the technology. Some argue that it is intrusive and unnecessary, while others say it’s unconstitutional.
On Thursday, a federal judge in Oklahoma ruled that a police deputy who used Flock to access a woman’s driving history over the previous month, and then used the historical data to pull her over, violated her Fourth Amendment rights. She was in possession of 91 pounds of methamphetamine at the time of the stop.
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Hood County, Texas constable John Shirley covers a Flock camera after the county moved to disconnect the devices.(Hood County Constable, Precinct 2 Facebook)
Chad Marlow is a senior policy counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), where his focus is privacy and surveillance.
He argued there’s not necessarily causation between implementing Flock cameras and solving crimes.
“It’s a different city. It’s a different size. What were the auto theft rates beforehand? What are the poverty rates in that city?” he asked. “What are the philosophies of the police department? Like, how many police are dedicated to trying to prevent or solve car thefts in one city versus the other?”
Privacy is a major question surrounding Flock cameras, and many places are having a robust debate on the level of surveillance they want on their streets, and whether their data should be collected by a private company working in tandem with the police.
“I think a common misconception is that when the car goes past the camera, and it captures the image of the back of the vehicle and the license plate, which is all it does, you can’t see who’s driving the car, you can’t see who the passenger is. It just captures the back of the car and the license plate,” Arnold explained.
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He added that the data is not accessed except when law enforcement is searching for a suspect, and that police officers need a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) report or a case report number to access any data. The data is retained for 30 days, according to Arnold.
But cases of police officers using ALPR technology for purposes outside its law enforcement scope are piling up. A Washington Post analysis identified at least 50 cases of rogue officers abusing the tool, with many cases involving stalking of ex-lovers.
Meanwhile, the constitutionality of the surveillance remains up for debate.
“The Constitution establishes our right to privacy, and it establishes that people’s personal effects and their private information cannot be accessed by the government without a warrant, without probable cause,” Marlow said, noting that it’s not just Flock Safety using ALPR technology, and that companies like Axon and Motorola sell the technology, too.
“But it’s very fair for Americans to look out and be like, ‘You know what, If I’m not accused of doing anything wrong, I don’t want the government tracking everywhere I go in my vehicle for days, weeks, months, or even years. I don’t want that happening, and even if the Constitution says it’s allowed, I don’t want my laws saying it’s allowed.’”
A Flock Safety camera in Beverly Hills, Calif.(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Arnold told Fox News Digital that Flock is open to government regulation of the tools.
“We want legislation passed,” he said. “Our CEO, Garrett Langley called, gosh, probably a month-and-a-half ago, asking legislators to please … put the laws in place that will regulate this.
“We want it regulated. We don’t want people misusing the system. We’ve seen this in the news.”
He added: “Nobody dislikes a bad officer more than a good officer.”
Marlow says the company is asking for regulation to save its business amid the backlash it has recently received.
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“Flock suddenly coming to the table now is because they have no choice,” he said, noting that company only recently declared that it would drop the standard data retention period to 30 days. “Flock didn’t do that because it suddenly got a conscience, [or] it’s suddenly decided to be ethical. It did it because it needed a PR bump.”
The bottom line for Arnold is that the tool helps police officers, and that help is desperately needed.
“It’s so good for the manpower of a police department, you know? Most police departments across the country are a little shorthanded. Not everybody wants to be the police anymore. So it truly does help in those cases,” Arnold said. “It is a tool that is a force multiplier for sure, and I’ve seen that firsthand being a chief of police using the technology.”
Peter D’Abrosca is a politics reporter at Fox News Digital.
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