Law Enforcement

Why Public Safety Needs a New Kind of Platform

Flock Nova is built to turn fragmented information into clear, actionable insight.

June 16, 2025

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Law Enforcement

Why Public Safety Needs a New Kind of Platform

Flock Nova is built to turn fragmented information into clear, actionable insight.

A burglary string stretches across three towns. A detective gets a tip at 7:12 AM—a partial name and a victim’s hunch. By 7:17 AM, she’s connected that name to a vehicle, an address, and three open cases. She didn't need multiple phone calls, complex tools, or a stack of reports.

She had Flock Nova.

The Problem Isn’t Just Data. It’s Capacity.

Public safety agencies aren’t struggling to collect data. They’re struggling to use it. Systems like CAD, RMS, jail records, LPR, OSINT, and public records all hold valuable information. But they rarely speak to each other. Officers juggle tools. Analysts triage requests. Leaders operate without a complete picture.

Staffing is tight. Crime is more complex. And time is short.

This isn’t just a data problem. It’s a visibility problem. It’s a capacity problem.

Legacy Systems Weren’t Designed for Today’s Challenges

CAD and RMS systems play an essential role, but they were built to document incidents, not to discover patterns. They store data but don’t connect it.

Newer tools attempt to address this gap, but often fall short. Many require heavy integrations, rely on duplicated data, or create barriers between users and insights. Some platforms were built for analysts and developers, not the people in the field doing the work.

Access doesn’t equal clarity. And another dashboard won’t change that.

Flock Nova Provides Answers, Not Just Access

Flock Nova is a Public Safety Data Platform. It brings together all the data that matters.gency-owned sources like CAD and RMS, plus public records, LPR, OSINT, and more. It’s designed to help officers, investigators, analysts, and leaders move from question to clarity.

Here’s how:

Search That Works the Way You Think

Flock Nova offers a Google-like search experience across all your connected data. Type in a name, phone number, address, or vehicle and immediately see what’s connected.

Real-Time, Not Yesterday’s Data

Flock Nova uses federated search to access data at the source, keeping it current without unnecessary duplication or lag.

Built for Real Workflows

Flock Nova meets the needs of frontline officers, RTCC teams, analysts, and agency leadership. No training curve. No IT team required.

Built for cops, not coders. Intuitive enough for patrol, powerful enough for analysts, fast enough for anyone.

Leadership-Ready Insights

Whether you're prepping a briefing or speaking to city council, Flock Nova surfaces case outcomes, patrol data, and trend lines without adding work for analysts. 

Every search is saved in an audit report, helping agencies stay transparent and accountable to the communities they serve.

Flock Nova and FlockOS: Insight Meets Action

Agencies using Flock LPR or gunshot detection sensors can unlock even more value with Flock Nova. While FlockOS gives visibility into physical detection, Flock Nova provides the data context behind each event.

FlockOS is your pane of glass for sensors. Flock Nova is your pane of glass for data. Together, they close the gap between detection and decision-making.

A plate hit becomes a suspect list. A tip becomes a case lead. A question becomes an answer.

Make the Shift from Storage to Strategy

Officers shouldn’t need four systems and three requests to check a location’s history. Analysts shouldn’t spend their day wrangling spreadsheets. Leaders shouldn’t make resource decisions based on incomplete data.

Flock Nova changes that.

It surfaces what matters, when it matters, for every role in your agency.

What Flock Nova Delivers

  • Fast, contextual search across all key systems
  • Live collaboration with thousands of public safety partners
  • Time saved for every role in your agency
  • Visibility without friction
  • Answers, not just access

It’s time to stop managing disconnected data and start using it. Flock Nova makes that possible.

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