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GTA V Mod Installs 235 Simulated Flock License‑Plate Readers for Players to Destroy

The project recreates working ALPR behavior—photographing players, triggering false police alerts, and rewarding in‑game destruction—to satirize Flock Safety’s surveillance practices.

Overview

  • The mod, which appeared Friday, adds 235 destructible Flock‑style automated license‑plate readers across GTA V’s Los Santos map and is available on GitHub and in social videos.
  • Each camera can photograph players and report alleged offenses to police in the game, and the creator built in a 1‑in‑20 chance that a camera will trigger a police chase without a real cause to mirror reported inaccuracies.
  • Destroying a camera in the mod drops sellable components worth about $600 in game and includes speedrun and stats features that track how quickly players can remove cameras.
  • The author frames the release as satire and protest against real‑world Flock deployments while explicitly warning that destroying actual cameras is illegal and will not yield in‑game rewards.
  • The mod amplifies wider public scrutiny of Flock Safety—already facing audits, contract pauses and misuse probes—and extends DeFlock.org’s mapping and grassroots critique into popular gaming culture.