San Francisco's Car Crime Has Plunged. How Much Credit Does Flock Deserve?

Car thefts in San Francisco are down almost 59% for the first eight months of 2026 compared with the same months in 2022, according to analysis of police department statistics by NPR’s Planet Money — and car break-ins are down more than 82%. “San Francisco’s law enforcement leaders tell us that greater use of surveillance technology — including a controversial, AI-powered license plate camera system made by Flock Safety — has been crucial to this drop in car crime.” How much credit does Flock actually deserve…? [In July of 2022, San Francisco District Attorney] Jenkins began taking a more ag