Flock Safety's AI watchlists let police search for people by description
A reconstructed interface shows map-based person searches, image-ranking feedback, and moderation controls that can block or warn on sensitive queries.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: WIRED
Why it matters
WIRED's reconstruction shows where Flock's person-search governance lives: server-side models evaluate what police may search, while the interface blocks some sensitive queries and warns on others. Cities buying the system must evaluate those controls alongside camera coverage, price and investigative utility.
Garrett Langley's Flock Safety lets police draw a boundary on a city map and create an AI watchlist for anyone matching a written description, according to WIRED's September 3rd interface reconstruction. Cameras inside the selected area can then run a continuous automated search for a potential match.…
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