Sensors and Software Help Small and Mid-Sized Communities Solve Public Safety Challenges

Public safety leaders in smaller jurisdictions often manage with lean teams and tight budgets. These agencies are responsible for investigating crimes, improving traffic safety, and coordinating effective emergency responses, all while balancing many responsibilities with limited time and tools. Investigators often spend days piecing together fragmented data. City leaders can struggle to justify budgets and allocate resources wisely. Police chiefs might worry about overworked officers and cases going cold. These pain points demand a solution built for speed and immediate impact. Flock Safety delivers this by uniting powerful sensors, like Enhanced License Plate Readers and cameras, with intelligent software, including FlockOS® Starter and Flock FreeForm™.

Accelerating Investigations for Law Enforcement Leaders

For law enforcement leaders, the reality is that time is one of their most precious resources. The longer a case lingers, the less likely it is to ever be solved. Yet detectives can get stuck navigating multiple disconnected systems, spending hours searching for leads. Officers often work overtime to fill gaps, driving up costs and fueling burnout. If that happens, clearance rates may stall and communities could begin to lose confidence.

Flock changes this equation by combining hardware and software into one seamless platform. Beyond hardware, like LPRs and live video, Flock’s software solutions give law enforcement a smarter way to see, understand, and act on what’s happening in their communities in real time. 

Key Software Solutions:

• FlockOS® Starter: A central hub for public safety insights, integrating LPR, video, and audio detection into a single, intuitive map giving a complete, real-time view of activity across a jurisdiction.
  
  
• Traffic Analytics: Deliver data-driven insights on vehicle volume, speed, and flow, helping agencies allocate officers where they are needed most.
  
  
• Enhanced LPR: Uses AI to build on existing technology by linking suspect vehicles to crime scenes, identifying accomplice vehicles, and pinpointing crime hotspots, so resources can be deployed where they will have the greatest impact.
  
  
• Flock FreeForm™: Goes even further, generating leads in seconds and empowering officers to intercept crime in real time or bring cases to closure faster. Officers can set alerts and search footage using natural language or basic descriptors (e.g., “white truck with ladder rack” or “man in red flannel shirt”) to generate leads and insights faster and easier than ever before. Although people can only be searched on video, not LPR.

By removing silos and surfacing insights instantly, these Flock solutions reduce investigative time by hours and help departments deliver measurable results.

Smarter Decisions for City Leaders

City leaders face a different but equally urgent set of challenges. They must balance public safety with fiscal responsibility, proving that every dollar spent generates real impact. Yet without clear data, many decisions become reactive, responding to crime after it happens instead of preventing it. Infrastructure planning, traffic management, and emergency response are often hindered by fragmented information and a lack of transparency.

Combining Flock’s sensors and software gives city leaders the clarity they need to make smarter, faster decisions. Hotspot data and traffic insights reveal exactly where resources should be deployed, helping to prioritize patrols, improve infrastructure, and plan emergency responses with precision. The system’s collaborative features allow neighboring jurisdictions to share information seamlessly, breaking down silos and aligning agencies on common priorities. Real-time insights provide the transparency communities demand, making it easier to justify budgets and build trust. In short, combining FlockOS® Starter, Traffic Analytics, Enhanced LPR, and Flock FreeForm™ turns data into action, empowering cities to operate more efficiently while creating safer neighborhoods.

Empowering Investigators to Work Faster

For investigators, a frustrating pain point can be time lost. Every hour spent manually searching disconnected systems can feel like an hour wasted. Using a manual method, critical evidence can be overlooked, leads could be missed, and cases could stall before they even begin. Without quick access to objective evidence, many cases simply cannot be solved.

The power of sensors and software together transforms this process by consolidating evidence into a single, unified hub. With FlockOS® Starter, investigators can see every relevant detail in one place, dramatically cutting the time it takes to organize case information. Flock FreeForm™ enables natural language searches or basic descriptors of video, turning descriptions like “white truck with ladder rack” into actionable leads within seconds. Enhanced LPR goes beyond capturing plates by using AI to link suspect vehicles to crime scenes, uncover accomplice vehicles, and pinpoint crime hotspots. Together, these tools ensure no stone goes unturned and cases move forward with speed and confidence.

A Future Built on Speed to Impact

Across all levels of public safety, the message is the same: time matters. 

• Law enforcement leaders need tools that maximize limited resources. 
• City managers need real-time data to allocate budgets wisely and build trust with their communities. 
• Investigators need evidence at their fingertips to close cases before they go cold.

Flock is the entry point that makes all of this possible. By bridging the gap between data and action, it allows agencies to move from reactive investigations to proactive prevention. Integrating hardware and software into one platform helps departments do more with less, cutting investigative time, reducing burnout, and delivering measurable results that improve safety and efficiency.

With Flock’s powerful sensors, like Enhanced LPRs and cameras, and intelligent software, including FlockOS® Starter and Flock FreeForm™, the future of community safety is no longer out of reach for small and mid-sized communities. It is here today.

If you’re ready to transform public safety in your small or mid-sized community, speak with a public safety expert.

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