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-0.35 Denver dumps Flock, awards contract to Axon (www.9news.com)
112 points by therobots927 10 hours ago | 39 comments on HN | Neutral Editorial · vv3.4 · 2026-02-25
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Weighted Mean -0.35 Unweighted Mean -0.35
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Signal 3 No Data 28
Confidence 6% Volatility 0.00 (Low)
Negative 3 Channels E: 0.6 S: 0.4
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HN Discussion 10 top-level · 0 replies
downrightmike 2026-02-24 18:16 UTC link
Anti-Pinkerton Fed act: Gov't may not buy services that it is not legally allowed to do themselves.
tptacek 2026-02-24 18:36 UTC link
This is going to happen in a lot of places that aren't large enough to make news: people dumping Flock over bad publicity, and simply installing ALPR cameras from vendors smart enough not to get themselves embroiled in politics.
xnx 2026-02-24 18:38 UTC link
Seems like a good move. Lots of value to ALPR systems responsibly managed. Flock is just an ass of a company.
fundad 2026-02-24 19:09 UTC link
I thought Flock and Axon were affiliated.
thaumaturgy 2026-02-24 19:30 UTC link
Here in Oregon, I very nearly managed to get some decent legislation drafted that would have required a number of strong data protections from ALPR vendors.

Axon interfered heavily with that process and -- after the legislative workgroup had well concluded and just a couple of hours before the Senate committee was to vote on it -- managed to neuter one of the key protections in the bill.

Axon is not "better" than Flock, they are just slightly less transparent about some aspects and slightly less radioactive.

Community groups that have formed and activated against Flock should continue to harass local governments that immediately switch to Axon as a replacement.

officeplant 2026-02-24 19:52 UTC link
Evil Corp B has been demoted, Evil Corp A to take up the mantle.
psadauskas 2026-02-24 21:23 UTC link
Axon, the taser company? They're not any better, ethically https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yd9nLQx3qQ

How about Denver just doesn't surveil its citizens, at all?

parineum 2026-02-24 21:50 UTC link
The service that Flock provides is the problem, not Flock. Switching to another company to perform the same task makes no difference.
baggachipz 2026-02-24 21:56 UTC link
How about... and hear me out, here... no ALPRs? Perhaps we shouldn't be violating the Bill of Rights in the name of "safety"?
exabrial 2026-02-25 01:00 UTC link
I'm glad Denver has solved the housing, drug, incarceration, and homeless crises and has money leftover to spend on this.
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