The starting value of felony

Probably the pole, footing, and wages for the installation crew.

The markup I assume

All the reasons in the other repliues, and it's also not just an ALPR.

Framing Flock as just an ALPR always feels disingenuous to me. More charitably, it's at least naive.

And even if it WAS and will only ever be an ALPR, I'm incredulous that people would accept it.

A quick google reveals a Flock camera costs about $2500 and there's a few hundred dollars in install fees.

Go tear one down and see for yourself. We don't want to ruin the surprise for you.

High quality cameras are expensive.