No it’s not.

Axon does not let you search for people in a database based on what they currently look like or are wearing like Flock does.

It’s not the same thing at all.

Axon is the company that made tasers for cops in the 90s and started making body cams in the 00s.

Flock is a YC startup that is going after mass surveillance of the public, allowing people with access to search and find people.

Unbelievable comparison to say they are “the same thing”

If there's anything Flock does that Axon doesn't, it's only because Axon doesn't have people smart enough to do it yet. Once the funding shifts from Flock to Axon, they'll hire the people who can make it happen, especially if enough money shifts that they can pilfer the exact same engineers.

The police want the capability. Flock just happens to temporarily have the better technology.

Axon Fusus AI is very much similar to what Flock offers. Why are you talking about body cameras to make it seem like I am comparing Flock with simple body cameras?

Does Axon retain the data it is collecting? If so, even if they have no plans to use it like Flock does, those plans can change, sometimes even without the company's blessing. They sound like the lesser evil right now, but the core issue that goes well beyond Flock, Axon, and similar companies is that if data is collected and retained, someone will find leverage to use it for their own purposes.