AI-enhanced Flock Safety camera helps lead to arrest of Marquis Earl-Lee Savannah in deadly Blue Springs, Missouri shooting case [Video]

BLUE SPRINGS, Miss. — A shooting that killed two people at a Blue Springs park earlier this month led to a first-degree murder charge and then an arrest on Wednesday, KCTV reported.

Charging documents point to an AI-equipped camera system helping police find the getaway driver, a girl under the age of 18. The camera network comes from an Atlanta-based company called Flock Safety. You could think of it as a smarter version of a license plate reader.

Until recently, most police agencies with license plate readers had them on patrol cars. The Blue Springs Police Department still has four patrol cars equipped with them. The Flock cameras are instead stationed at high-traffic intersections and frequently visited places like park. They have about two dozen of them. The Flock cameras can capture more areas, can do so 24/7, and they can read much more than license plates.

Capt. Kyle Flowers, the investigations captain for the department, …