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The software platform includes FlockOS, a real-time crime center platform that enables users to view maps and geographic data, body camera and drone feeds, 911 call data, as well as traffic camera and acoustic sensor data.<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=5 Aug 2025 |title=The Evolution of FlockOS: How Customer Feedback Continues to Shape the Future |url=https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/the-evolution-of-flockos-how-customer-feedback-continues-to-shape-the-future |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/PaFQu |archive-date=25 April 2026 |access-date=7 Jan 2026 |website=Flock Safety}}</ref> FlockOS enables the National LPR Network, a nationwide database for sharing and searching LPR data across jurisdictions; and Flock Nova, a data analytics platform that integrates LPR data with law enforcement systems, such as Records Management Systems (RMS) and Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD), to identify patterns.<ref name=":2" /> | The software platform includes FlockOS, a real-time crime center platform that enables users to view maps and geographic data, body camera and drone feeds, 911 call data, as well as traffic camera and acoustic sensor data.<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=5 Aug 2025 |title=The Evolution of FlockOS: How Customer Feedback Continues to Shape the Future |url=https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/the-evolution-of-flockos-how-customer-feedback-continues-to-shape-the-future |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/PaFQu |archive-date=25 April 2026 |access-date=7 Jan 2026 |website=Flock Safety}}</ref> FlockOS enables the National LPR Network, a nationwide database for sharing and searching LPR data across jurisdictions; and Flock Nova, a data analytics platform that integrates LPR data with law enforcement systems, such as Records Management Systems (RMS) and Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD), to identify patterns.<ref name=":2" /> | ||
The broader ALPR market has begun moving from reading plates toward capturing the wireless identifiers of nearby devices. Leonardo's [[Leonardo ELSAG SignalTrace|ELSAG SignalTrace]], a competing product, clips sensors onto existing license plate cameras to tie the phones, earbuds, and other devices that travel with a vehicle to its plate; 404 Media reported in June 2026 that it would shift ALPR cameras from tracking cars to tracking particular people.<ref name="leonardo-spec-signaltrace">{{Cite web |url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28215440-signaltrace-us/ |title=ELSAG SignalTrace product sheet |author=Leonardo US Cyber and Security Solutions |date=2025-09-09 |website=DocumentCloud |access-date=2026-06-21}}</ref><ref name="cox-signaltrace">{{Cite web |url=https://www.404media.co/this-company-will-add-phone-airpod-and-smartwatch-trackers-to-license-plate-readers/ |title=This Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to License Plate Readers |last=Cox |first=Joseph |date=2026-06-08 |website=404 Media |access-date=2026-06-21}}</ref> SignalTrace is a Leonardo product, not Flock's, and as of June 2026 no agency had been reported deploying it.<ref name="cox-signaltrace" /><ref name="drive-signaltrace">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thedrive.com/news/license-plate-cameras-will-soon-track-phones-wearables-infotainment-and-even-your-pets |title=License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets |last=Ismail |first=Adam |date=2026-06-17 |website=The Drive |access-date=2026-06-21}}</ref> | |||
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