Flock Safety plans to cut about 18% of staff amid opposition to AI cameras
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Flock Safety plans to cut about 270 jobs, roughly 18% of its roughly 1,500 employees, according to people with direct knowledge of the plans, who said the cuts follow a voluntary buyout program and that affected employees will leave at the end of the month.
Flock declined to comment.
The cuts come as the company, which runs about 120,000 AI-powered license-plate cameras across 49 states, faces growing opposition from communities, lawmakers and privacy advocates. Florida banned automated license plate readers on state highways in September.
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AIFlock Safety plans to cut about 18% of its roughly 1,500 employees, affecting around 270 people after a voluntary buyout program, people with direct knowledge of the plans said. The company, which runs a network of about 120,000 AI-powered license-plate cameras across 49 states, declined to comment. The cuts come as Flock faces growing opposition from communities, lawmakers and privacy advocates, including Florida's ban on automated license plate readers on state highways in September.
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