A new study from the University of Washington claims U.S. Border Patrol accessed, both with permission and without permission, networks from Flock Safety belonging to Washington State law enforcement agencies.

Flock Safety produces cameras that use AI to read car license plates and stores the data in a centralized database. The cameras also log data like color, make and other physical descriptive features of the car, sending all the info to the database.

According to Flock, each user sets the rules about who can access the data collected by their equipment. Data is never automatically shared with other agencies, according to Flock.

Several local law enforcement groups, including the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office and the Lewiston Police Department , use Flock Safety to aid law enfo

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