Sole Source Letter for Flock Safety™ALPR Camerasand Solution Flock Safety is the sole manufacturer and developer of the Flock Safety ALPR Camera. FlockSafety is also the sole provider of the comprehensive monitoring, processing, and machinevision services which integrate with the Flock Safety ALPR Camera.
The Flock Safety ALPR camera and devices are the only Law Enforcement Grade ALPRSystem to offer the following combination of proprietary features:
1. Vehicle Fingerprint Technology™:○ Patented proprietary machine vision to analyze vehicle license plate, staterecognition, and vehicle attributes such as color, type, make and objects (roofrack, bumper stickers, etc.) based on image analytics (not car registration data)○ Machine vision to capture and identify characteristics of vehicles with a paperlicense plate and vehicles with the absence of a license plate○ Ability to ‘Save Search’ based on description of vehicles using our patentedVehicle Fingerprint Technology without the need for a license plate, and set upalerts based on vehicle description○ Only LPR provider with “Visual Search” which can transform digital images fromany source into an investigative lead by finding matching vehicles based on thevehicle attributes in the uploaded photo○ Falcon Flex™: an infrastructure-free, location-flexiblelicense plate reader camerathat is easy to self install. Falcon Flex ties seamlessly into the Flock ecosystemwith a small and lightweight camera with the ability to read up to 30,000 licenseplates and vehicle attributes on a single battery charge
2. Integrated Cloud-Software & Hardware Platform:○ Ability to capture two (2+) lanes of traffic simultaneously with a single camerafrom a vertical mass○ Best in class ability to capture and process up to 30,000 vehicles per day with asingle camera powered exclusively by solar power○ Wireless deployment of solar powered license plate reading cameras withintegrated cellular communication weighing less than 5lbs and able to bepowered solely by a solar panel of 60W or less○ Web based footage retrieval tool with filtering capabilities such as vehicle color,vehicle type, vehicle manufacturer, partial or full license plate, state of licenseplate, and object detection○ Utilizes motion capture to start and stop recording without the need for areflective plate 1170 Howell Mill Rd. NW · Suite 210, Atlanta, GA 30318
○ Motion detection allows for unique cases such as bicycle capture, ATV,motorcycle, etc.○ On device machine processing to limit LTE bandwidth consumption○ Cloud storage of footage○ Covert industrial design for minimizing visual pollution
3. Transparency & Ethical Product Design:○ One-of-a-kind “Transparency Portal” public-facing dashboard that details thepolicies in place by the purchaser, as well as automatically updated metrics fromthe Flock system○ Built-in integration with NCMEC to receive AMBER Alerts to find missing children○ Privacy controls to enable certain vehicles to “opt-out” of being captured
4. Integrated Audio & Gunshot Detection:○ Natively integrated audio detection capabilities utilizing machine learning torecognize audio signatures typical of crimes in progress (e.g., gunshots)
5. Live Video Integration:○ Ability to apply computer vision to third-party cameras using Wing™LPR,transforming them to evidence capture devices using the same VehicleFingerprint technology offered on the Flock Safety Falcon™ALPR cameras○ Wing™Livestream integrates live stream traffic cameras,publicly or privatelyowned livestream security cameras into one cloud-based situational awarenessdashboard to increase response time in mission-critical incidents○ Manage various government intelligence including ALPR, livestream cameras,CAD, automatic vehicle location (AVL) on Flock Safety’s Wing™Suite○ Access Wing™Replay to unlock enhanced situational awareness with 7-dayfootage retention, Hot List Live Video Instant Replay, and downloadable MP4
6. Partnerships:○ Flock Safety is the only LPR provider to officially partner with AXON to benatively and directly integrated into Evidence.com○ Flock Safety is the only LPR provider to be fully integrated into a dynamicnetwork of Axon’s Fleet 3 mobile ALPR cameras for patrol cars and FlockSafety’s Falcon cameras○ Access to additional cameras purchased by our HOA and private businesspartners, means an ever-increasing amount of cameras and data at no additionalcost 1170 Howell Mill Rd. NW · Suite 210, Atlanta, GA 30318
7. Warranty & Service:○ Lifetime maintenance and support included in subscription price○ Flock Safety is the only fully integrated ALPR one-stop solution from productionof the camera to delivery and installation○ Performance monitoring software to predict potential failures, obstructions, tilts,and other critical or minor issues Thank you,
Garrett Langley CEO, Flock Safety
1170 Howell Mill Rd. NW · Suite 210, Atlanta, GA 30318
Axon Evidence with Flock ALPR Source Letter Version 1.0 Page 1 of 1 November 30, 2021
To: Irving Police Department
Re: Sole source letter for Axon Evidence digital evidence management services and Flock automated license plate recognition technology A sole source justification exists because Axon Enterprise, Inc. ("Axon") is the only digital evidence management system with the express right to integrate Flock's automated license plate recognition technology with Axon Evidence services.
Axon's relevant SKUs for this justification include the following:
1. 74300 Flock Safety ALPR Camera System
2. 74302 Flock Safety ALPR Camera System Installation
Sincerely,
Josh Isner
Chief Revenue Officer
Axon Enterprise, Inc.
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