Flock Safety is integrating license-plate reader cameras into roadside infrastructure like speed signs after vandals have repeatedly destroyed their standalone units. The company now operates 80,000+ cameras across the US. This matters because the embedded approach makes cameras harder to identify and disable, expanding AI-driven license-plate surveillance while making public resistance more difficult. The Yahoo piece notes this shift was already documented in municipal contracts before the vandalism became widespread — cities knowingly signed agreements enabling this deployment strategy.