玛丽亚·保拉·米哈雷斯·托雷斯参议院民主党领袖查克·舒默要求 Flock Safety 删除与犯罪无关的个人数据，并披露联邦机构是否访问过该公司的全国车牌数据库。
By María Paula Mijares Torres Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is demanding that Flock Safety delete personal data not connected to crimes and disclose whether federal agencies have accessed the company’s nationwide license-plate database.
舒默周日在的一份声明中说：“一家公司不能就这样收集我们整个生活的个人信息，却不回答任何相关问题。我们不知道这家公司在这里承接了哪些合同，也不知道执法部门正在使用其中多少信息。”参议员伯尼·桑德斯、杰夫·默克利以及众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯均为民主党人，他们于10月2日提出一项法案，拟限制联邦机构使用 Flock 由人工智能驱动的摄像头系统。
“A company can’t just come in and collect personal information about our entire lives and not answer any questions about it,” Schumer said in a statement on Sunday. “We have no insight into what contracts this company has here, or how much of this information law enforcement is using.”Senators Bernie Sanders and Jeff Merkley as well as Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, all Democrats, introduced legislation on Oct. 2 that would restrict federal use of Flock’s cameras powered by artificial intelligence.
舒默在声明中没有明确表示支持这项名为《禁止 Flock 法案》的提案。
Schumer didn’t explicitly back that bill, the Ban Flock Act, in his statement.
围绕 Flock 摄像头网络所收集信息的担忧，与美国社会对技术、尤其是人工智能所发挥作用的日益焦虑密不可分，两党政界人士都已作出回应。上周，密苏里州共和党参议员乔什·霍利宣布，他将提出一项名为《制止 Flock 滥用法案》的立法。
Concerns about information collected by Flock’s camera networks are bound up in growing anxieties over the role of technology, particularly AI, in American life, and politicians in both parties have responded. Last week, Senator Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, announced that he would introduce legislation called the Stop Flock Abuse Act.
霍利在一份声明中说：“Flock 及其竞争对手生产的AI摄像头正在追踪普通美国人的日常活动，并为其留下数字痕迹——除非国会制定有实质意义的规则和问责机制，否则这将成为个人自由的噩梦。”
“AI-powered cameras produced by Flock and its competitors are tracking and creating digital footprints of everyday Americans — a nightmare for individual liberties unless Congress enacts meaningful rules and accountability,” Hawley said in a statement.
这家位于亚特兰大的初创公司成立于2017年。公司周日在声明中表示，欢迎“向舒默参议员及其他政策制定者提供更多有关我们技术，以及执法机构如何使用这些技术的信息”。在舆论反弹促使一些社区取消合同后，Flock 于8月收紧了数据共享和存储规则。
The company, an Atlanta startup founded in 2017, said in a statement on Sunday that it welcomed “the opportunity to provide Senator Schumer and other policymakers with additional information about our technology and how it is used by law enforcement agencies across the country.”After a backlash prompted some communities to cancel contracts, Flock tightened data sharing and storage rules in August.
舒默敦促Flock公司解释其收集了哪些关于美国人的数据、存储这些信息的时间长度以及谁有权访问这些数据。他在致Flock首席执行官加勒特·兰利（Garrett Langley）的信中，要求提供有关该公司“国家查询工具”的详细信息，该工具允许执法机构搜索其管辖范围之外收集到的摄像头数据。
Schumer pressed Flock to explain what data it collects on Americans, how long it stores that information and who can access it. In a letter to Flock’s chief executive officer, Garrett Langley, he asked for details about the company’s National Lookup Tool, which allows law enforcement agencies to search camera data collected outside their jurisdictions.
他还询问联邦机构是否直接或通过当地警察局访问了Flock的数据，并对有关该公司能够将车牌与驾驶员姓名、电话号码及亲属信息关联起来的报道表示担忧。
He also asked whether federal agencies have accessed Flock data directly or through local police departments, and raised concerns about reports that the company can link license plates to names, telephone numbers and relatives of motorists.
舒默援引了近期涉及Flock摄像头的安全漏洞事件，并要求在10月16日前作出回应。他的声明中未提及Flock使用人工智能软件的情况。
Schumer cited recent security breaches involving Flock cameras and asked for a response by Oct. 16. His statement didn’t mention Flock’s use of artificial intelligence software.
桑德斯周五提出的法案将 largely 禁止联邦政府使用Flock的人工智能摄像头和数据，同时将部分联邦拨款与类似的州和地方限制措施挂钩。桑德斯将该系统比作强迫美国人佩戴脚踝监控器，并表示该措施旨在防止监控国家的形成。
The bill proposed Friday by Sanders would largely ban federal use of Flock’s AI-powered cameras and data, while tying some federal grants to similar state and local restrictions. Sanders compared the system to forcing Americans to wear ankle monitors and said the measure is meant to prevent a surveillance state.
截至2025年，Flock监控工具在美国43个州的12000多个社区和执法机构中的使用迅速增加。这些联网设备，如传感器和自动车牌识别系统，使执法机构能够绘制车辆长距离的行驶轨迹，他们声称这有助于提升打击犯罪的能力。
The use of Flock’s surveillance tools has increased swiftly across more than 12,000 communities and lawenforcement agencies across 43 US states, as of 2025. The connected devices, such as sensors and automated license plate readers, have allowed law enforcement agencies to map vehicles’ travel over long distances, which, they say, bolsters their ability to fight crime.
“去看医生？Flock知道。送孩子上学？Flock在追踪你，”桑德斯在周五宣布其法案的声明中表示。
“Going to the doctor? Flock knows. Dropping your kid off at school? Flock is tracking you,” Sanders said in a statement announcing his bill Friday.