Suffolk County quietly strikes $4M deal with controversial surveillance company Flock Safety for gunshot detectors
Suffolk County quietly finalized a five-year, nearly $4 million deal for new gunshot detectors with controversial surveillance network Flock Safety — and AI-powered cameras could be next. Flock Safety’s technology will replace the ShotSpotter system, which the Long Island county has used for more than a decade to detect gunshots and notify first responders, officials confirmed to The Post.
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Suffolk County quietly finalized a five-year, nearly $4 million deal for new gunshot detectors with controversial surveillance network Flock Safety — and AI-powered cameras could be next. Flock Safety’s technology will replace the ShotSpotter system, which the Long Island county has used for more than a decade to detect gunshots and notify first responders, officials confirmed to The Post. The new devices from Flock Safety — the same company behind the AI-powered license plate readers that can track a car’s every move based on dents, bumper stickers and roof racks — are expected to be fully installed, covering 23.5 square miles in Suffolk, by Sept. The switch from ShotSpotter will save the county about $800,000 per-year, according to Jed Painter, general counsel of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, who led the contract negotiations.
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- Suffolk County quietly finalized a five-year, nearly $4 million deal for new gunshot detectors with controversial surveillance network Flock Safety — and AI-powered cameras could be next. Flock Safety’s technology will replace the ShotSpotter system, which the Long Island county has used for more than a decade to detect gunshots and notify first responders, officials confirmed to The Post.
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