Flock Safety, which sells cameras, drones and AI software to police departments, was valued at $8.4 billion in a new round of funding completed in recent weeks, a modest bump from its financing last year, according to a publicly filed corporate charter and people familiar with the round.
The company raised the new funds amid the largest political and public relations crisis it has faced in its nine-year history. In the past year, some residents, activists and others across the U.S. have decried how data collected by police departments using the tech could be shared with federal immigration enforcement officials.
