Canadian YouTuber builds ALPR camera that tracks only police cars, gets a visit from police

Canadian software engineer and YouTuber Anthony Sistilli built an automatic license plate recognition camera configured to track only police vehicles, mirroring the Flock Safety network. On September 20, two Peel Regional Police officers visited his home in Brampton, Ontario, to question him about the project; he noted their privacy concerns echoed those of ordinary citizens.

• Sistilli documented the build and its use in TikTok and YouTube videos
• Police visited him on September 20, two weeks after the video was posted
• Flock Safety's network spans over 120,000 cameras across 49 US states
• Researchers counted 335,701 Flock cameras and mapped their locations