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An AI license plate surveillance startup installed hundreds of cameras without permission
Flock installed its surveillance cameras without permits, and has now been banned from operating in two states
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An AI license plate surveillance startup installed hundreds of cameras without permission
Flock installed its surveillance cameras without permits, and has now been banned from operating in two statesqz.com
Wow, no one noticed? Whoever did that did it to cover their crimes they were going to commit. With no cam covering the Flock cam, one will never know who did it.the camera cable had been cut more than a week prior and no one noticed.
We pay $1500 since we're grandfathered in. But clearly Flock isn't actually doing any work for the money.WOW - I would be asking for a serious credit back. How could they not have noticed?
Generally Flock costs $250 per camera for installation and $2,500 per camera annually.
From what I have seen and from talking to police officers, our captures with the less than $260 per camera 5241-Z12E and the 5442-ZE and Z4E are of better quality than the Flock. And even more so on the 3M printed plates that many states are going to.
The Z12E would be the one.We pay $1500 since we're grandfathered in. But clearly Flock isn't actually doing any work for the money.
My neighbor just OK'd mounting a camera on their fascia where I can bridge it into my wifi. We live on a cul-de-sac so this would point straight up the street about 100' from where the street widens from 26' wide.
A 40-50mm focal length should give us 15-19 feet of horizontal which I think is enough to see plates both directions and still give us >100 pixels of resolution for the plate . Based on this, the 5241-Z12E seems ideal.
Does this seem reasonable to you? Are there issues capturing plates at night (using IR) when the headlights are pointing straight at the camera?
How many did you buyWhen I reached out to Flock about a year ago just to get their prices below is what they sent me.
As @wittaj mentioned $2,500 a year per camera and that's for a 2 year contract plus $650.00 for install. If you check their website they have other cameras besides ALPR including PTZ's.
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And you opposed to buying at those prices LOL.@wittaj ZERO, just doing some opposition research