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    "code": "PAI-1B49B607",
    "force": "Prince William County Police Department",
    "country": "United States",
    "country_code": "us",
    "is_country": true,
    "region": "Prince William County, Virginia",
    "technology": "Flock Safety licence plate readers",
    "technology_slug": "flock-safety-alpr",
    "vendor": "Flock Safety",
    "vendor_slug": "flock-safety",
    "programme": "",
    "status": "operational",
    "stage": "in-use",
    "evidence": "journalism",
    "evidence_is_claim": false,
    "since": "",
    "legal_basis": "",
    "oversight": "",
    "notes": "Inside NoVA reported that Police Chief Peter Newsham told the Board of County Supervisors that the department operates 28 fixed Flock cameras and four mobile cameras across the county and audits licence plate reader hits every day, and that plate readers had helped solve eight of the county's 11 homicides so far in 2026; officials said criminal predicates are needed before a plate is entered into the system. The Inside NoVA pages carry no date; a second Inside NoVA report places the meeting on the same Tuesday as the Dumfries Town Council's vote to pause its own Flock rollout, which WJLA and the town's mayor date to 1 September 2026. FOX 5 DC reported on 18 August 2026 that 28 Flock cameras were operating across the county outside Dumfries. At the same meeting the board approved a memorandum of understanding for a three-month drone as first responder pilot, and Newsham said the drones would not use facial recognition or AI-driven software. The start date of the department's Flock use is not given in the sources.",
    "source": "Inside NoVA (undated page), Board of County Supervisors meeting of 1 September 2026",
    "source_url": "https://www.insidenova.com/news/prince_william/a-lot-of-guardrails-prince-william-supervisors-tackle-flock-cameras-police-drone-usage-amid-mou/article_993bb4fd-fdfe-41bd-9138-b8a59b2873cc.html",
    "last_checked": "2026-11-06",
    "record_url": "https://www.policeainews.com/tracker/record/1b49b607-73fc-4dfe-8fde-639a1ed3d987"
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  "licence": "https://www.policeainews.com/data#licence"
}