By Police1 Staff
ATLANTA — Flock Safety has announced the release of new AI-powered tools designed to help law enforcement agencies streamline investigations, integrate data across systems and improve efficiency in identifying criminal activity.
Flock Nova, a new AI-powered data platform, is designed to help law enforcement agencies analyze information more efficiently and clear cases faster.
Investigators often work across multiple, disconnected databases, delaying case progress. Flock Nova integrates data from Flock’s own devices, Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD), Record Management Systems (RMS) and open-source intelligence, consolidating information into a single interface.
The platform also allows agencies to share CAD and RMS data across jurisdictions with an opt-in agreement, improving coordination in multi-agency investigations.
Flock also revealed a series of new features designed to augment the investigative power of its fixed License Plate Recognition (LPR) network.
FreeForm, an enhancement to Flock’s Vehicle Fingerprint software, enables investigators and patrol officers to search for vehicles using plain language across all Flock LPR and video cameras. With FreeForm, officers can instantly identify vehicles with unique characteristics — like “blue SUV with a racing stripe” or “white F-150 with a ladder in the back” — saving them the effort of combing through hundreds or potentially thousands of matching images.
Flock has implemented a content moderation policy for FreeForm to prevent subjective and invasive searches. This ensures that all Flock tools maintain the company’s foundational commitment to protecting civil liberties.
In addition to FreeForm, Flock has revealed several AI-powered investigative features that enhance the power of LPR evidence in investigations, including:
- Plate swap insights: Criminals are increasingly swapping license plates — putting another vehicle’s plate on a stolen vehicle — to evade LPR detection. Now, Flock LPR users can identify instances where the same license plate has appeared on multiple vehicles over the past 30 days, helping to foil this “cold plate” tactic.
- Multi-state insights: Complex cases like human and narcotics trafficking and Organized Retail Crime (ORC) often involve movement across state lines. Flock now alerts law enforcement when suspect vehicles have been identified in multiple states over the past 30 days, helping identify common patterns associated with major crime networks.
- Hotlist hotspot insights: Agencies with limited resources need to deploy personnel where they’ll have the greatest impact. This tool analyzes LPR hotlist hits, pinpointing where and when they occur, helping command staff optimize patrol coverage and resource allocation.
Flock Safety is also making its core software APIs available at no cost, allowing agencies to integrate third-party public safety tools more easily. The company has partnerships with providers such as FirstTwo, ForceMetrics and Prepared 911, among others.
For more information on Flock Nova, click here. For more information on FreeForm, click here.