Flock Safety has been all over the news in recent years, sparking intense debates about its widespread network of automated license plate reader cameras used to track the movements of ordinary Americans. Critics argue the technology creates a persistent surveillance grid that records where people drive, when they travel, and who they associate with, often without individualized suspicion or a warrant. Yet a greater threat to privacy is already taking shape through Flock, and companies like it. The firm’s aggressive expansion into aerial platforms threatens to transform static street-level monitoring into a mobile, nearly invisible mesh of airborne surveillance.
In October 2024, Flock Safety acquired Aerodome for more than $300 million. Aerodome, a young startup focused on Drone-as-a-first-responder technology, developed an NDAA-compliant, American-made drone system now marketed under the Flock Alpha name.
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