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Vendor Pitches Facial Recognition for Flock Camera Data as Flock CEO Rules It Out

VIDIZMO pitches facial recognition for Flock camera data, despite Flock CEO saying his firm won't add it.

AI News Feed · 2026-10-04 10:09

Langley made the statement in a recent video, saying, “We will not add facial recognition to our devices.” The 404 Media report says other third-party companies are telling police agencies they are willing to add facial recognition to data gathered by Flock cameras in order to “close that gap.”

VIDIZMO, a decades-old video analysis and database company, has started offering facial recognition technology to police within the last six months, according to the report. It advertises the ability to export footage from FlockOS into its own platforms, where it says it can perform facial recognition, behavior prediction, and racial and gender analysis on live camera feeds.

In a May email to Michael Adams, deputy police chief in Johnson City, Tennessee, a VIDIZMO salesperson wrote that the company’s product could do facial recognition on both Flock and Axon body-worn camera data in “one searchable platform,” 404 Media reported.

VIDIZMO CEO Nadeem Khan told 404 Media on a video call that the company has not yet started running facial recognition technology on footage from Flock cameras. He also said VIDIZMO has not actually built the specific tool that would export data from Flock’s system to its own platform, even though the company advertises that capability online and already sells other facial recognition products.

Khan said VIDIZMO “would love to do the integration” and that he believes facial recognition “is the way the world is going, the way the world will have to be.” He said Flock should offer the capability itself in a way that “balances privacy, security, and the freedom that we enjoy in this country,” according to 404 Media.

On its website, VIDIZMO says users “can identify individuals from seven races: White, Black, Indian, East Asian, Southeast Asian, Middle Eastern, and Latino Hispanic.” The company adds that stores or cities can then conduct “demographic analysis” for marketing purposes by determining the races or ages of people showing up, the report said.