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According to the second paragraph, Flock is a license plate reader.
That is their stated claim. Tear downs prove that it has more sophisticated surveillance equipment installed and lenses pointed at wider angles to capture drivers photos, pedestrians faces, car makes and models, and send it for processing. It is a wide area dragnet that shares freely with police and ICE.
They are color HD video cameras that store 30 Days of footage when a car or person is detected. They install them in parks and at playgrounds where streets cannot be seen.