Flock Safety, a leading safety technology platform, has launched Trust & Compliance, a suite of products and services that brings together best-in-class data privacy controls, transparency tools, and accountability features under a unified system.

In a time where public safety technology has faced more scrutiny than ever before, Flock said it is the only company in the industry to dedicate significant resources to a dedicated Trust & Compliance program. Five states have already passed legislation related to Flock’s flagship product, Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) technology, and this program positions the company to meet the moment.

How Audit Assistance Helps

Central to this launch is the general availability of a new industry-leading tool, Audit Assistance, which continuously monitors system activity and surfaces search patterns that fall outside an agency’s typical usage. With Audit Assistance, agency administrators can proactively see when activity warrants a closer look, enabling them to review, document, and address potential concerns earlier.

While Flock has always retained audit records for every ALPR search, the auditing process has traditionally been manual, tedious, and reactive. Audit Assistance makes this process proactive, surfacing searches that might require further review directly for system administrators or command staff, saving time and shoring up trust around ALPR technology in communities.

Audit Assistance is built directly into the Flock platform and available to any agency at no additional cost, just like all of Flock’s Trust & Compliance products.

“This audit tool ensures every LPR search is accountable, transparent, and aligned with our department policies. By automating compliance, we are strengthening public trust while advancing our use of technology to fight crime,” said Major Hudson Bull, Commander of the Fairfax County (Virginia) Police Department’s Real Time Crime Center (RTCC). Fairfax County Police Department was an early adopter and test user of the Audit Assistance tool.

“Flock is the only system we have that has ever built an algorithm that has notified us of any type of bias. We would love all our vendors to do that,” said Maj. Patrick Krieg of the Dunwoody Police Department (Georgia).

Commitment to Responsible Technology

Flock’s Trust & Compliance suite also includes tools like Offense Type requirements, Search Filters, sharing controls, public records request support, Transparency Portals, in-app policy workflows, and more. New tools will continue to roll out regularly to help agencies ensure their ALPR systems remain aligned with their policy requirements and community values.

Trust & Compliance reflects Flock’s broader vision: that responsible public safety technology isn’t just about solving crime; it’s about building systems of oversight that allow communities to trust the tools their agencies use.

“Public safety technology should come with the same built-in accountability standards we expect from any other tool officers use on the job,” said Paige Todd, CPO and co-founder of Flock Safety. “We built Flock because we believe that safety is a fundamental right. In order for communities to truly be invested in the Flock platform, they have to trust its use. Trust & Compliance gives everyone confidence in the use of this technology.”