The Shaky Evidence That Flock Cameras Reduce Crime Rates
pseudolus
21 points
2 comments
September 20, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
AngryData
Surveillance cameras never did shit for stopping crime, don't know why anybody thought Flock would be different.
FireBeyond
The other issue is that for Flock's marketing purpose, if a Flock query was made in relation to a crime, and that crime was later resolved, Flock considers themselves to have "helped solve the crime", regardless of the relevance or lack thereof of the query itself.