The Shaky Evidence That Flock Cameras Reduce Crime Rates

pseudolus 21 points 2 comments September 20, 2026
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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.

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