Flock Expands Into Gunshot And Audio Analytics (Raven)
Flock Safety is expanding from its core market of LPR into "audio evidence capture" and most notably gunshot detection, just months after raising $150 million from A16Z.
Flock announced "Raven", an audio analytic offering that complements its existing "Falcon" LPR offering. Inside this note, we examine how Flock is going to market with this, how they claim the product will work, and what potential performance and privacy concerns this might have based on comments from Flock Safety, the ACLU, and EFF to IPVM.
Flock ********* "*****" - "***** ******** *******"
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Accuracy ********
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Coverage ********
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ShotSpotter *. ***** *******
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ACLU *** *** ** ************** ******* ********
**** *** **** *** *** ****** privacy ******** ********** **** ***** ********** concerns ***** ***** ****** *** ***** surveillance ************.
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Reduce ***** ** ******* ** **% ** ****
*****'* ***,******* *******, **** *****'* **** ** ** decrease ***** ** ******* ** **% within *** **** * *****, *** Raven **** **** ***** ******* ***** goals:
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****** ****? **** ***** ** ****** that ******* *** *******’* ******* **** LPR, ***** ** ****** ****.
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****... ******** ***** ** * ******** worthwhile **** ** *** ***. *** using **** '***' ** ****** ******** that **** ***** ******* *** **** seems ****-****** ** **.
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*******, ***** ** ** ***** *** from ******* -*** **** ******** ** ******’* ***** delivery ***** | ***** **
*** ***'* ****** ******!
****, ***** ********.
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** ****:
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**** ***** ***** *** ******** ** vandalism ******** *** *** ******* ****:
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…*** ********* ** ***** ** ***** laughed.
*’* *** **** *** ********** **** flock ** **** ***.
**’* *** ***** *** ********** *** people ** ***** ** *****.
**’* ***** ** ******* *** ****** in **-****** **** *** ****** ** North ** *****.
**** **** * *** ** *********’* Associations.
**** * **** ** ***** “******* *******” *** **** ** ** *** agree **** ***** ********* *** ******** diversity **********.
***** ** * *******…
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*’* **** ****** *********** ** **** followed ** ***** ******** *****
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**** **** ** ******** **** ***** access ** **** **** ** **** the **** ** *** ******** **********?
***** ******** ** ******** ** ******'* ******** ***** *********** ****** (****), **** ***** ***** *** *********** inputs ******* ** ****** ****, ******* other ******.
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*********-***** ******* *** **** ** ***** to *** *** *******, ******** *** private ******** **** ** *** *** an *** ********* ****** **** ***** local *** *********** ******.
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****'* **** ***** ****:
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**, ** *******, *********-***** ******* *** send ** ***** ** *** *********** from *** ****,*****, ** ****** *** ***** (******* by *** ***********), *** ******* ********* are *** ********** ** **** **** or ** ***** ****** ********.
*** ******/******** ** *****? *** ***** city ******* ***** ** ****** **** worth ** *****.
*********** ******** *** ********* ** *** meeting. ******** ** *** ******* *** basically ****** "******** ** ****** *** violence" *** ** *** ** *** council ***** *** *** **** ** the ********, ******* **** *** ******** had ** ***.
**** ** ********* **** * ********* at *** ********** ******* **** *****. I ******* ***** ** ***** ** be *** ** *** ******* ***** surveillance *********, ** ***** ** *** US, ** *** *** ** *** decade. **** *** ******** *** * strong ********** ** *** *** *** clearly ***** ** ******** ****, **** their ********* ********* **** *******, ** expand ********** *** ****** * ***** overall ************ ********. * *** **** release ** *** ***** ** **** expansions **** ****.