> but is not outside the realm of something a well-funded police department could do One officer would absolutely not be able to record on that piece of paper

> but is not outside the realm of something a well-funded police department could do One officer would absolutely not be able to record on that piece of paper every single license plate that passed through a busy intersection. Not even close. The number of officers that _would_ be required to do so would absolutely be "outside the realm of possibility" for even a well-funded police department. That's why flock is different. It's a level of scale that was previously—despite your assertions—impossible.