Supreme Court ruling threatens Flock Safety network

Massive, warrantless surveillance systems like Flock Safety are built on a legal loophole that is rapidly closing as the Supreme Court recognizes that continuous digital tracking in public spaces violates the Fourth Amendment.

* The Supreme Court's growing hostility toward dragnet digital surveillance undermines the core value proposition of Flock's "always-on" tracking.

* Widespread litigation, such as the Norfolk, Virginia case, is poised to force a definitive Supreme Court ruling directly on automated license plate readers.

* The transition of ALPR databases from simple local lookups to centralized regional tracking has turned a public space tool into a digital tracking database that requires warrant-level oversight.