The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is preparing to brief county commissioners on the use of Flock cameras, which capture license plate and vehicle information, to identify and deter theft activity, while the ACLU is calling on the county to turn off the cameras due to concerns about mass surveillance and potential misuse of the data.
(KRON) — Berkeley Police Department officers using automatic license plate reading cameras made arrests for theft, robbery, and violent crime Tuesday using the new technology. One arrest was made following an alert for a car linked to a theft at Safeway. “The vehicle was found unoccupied, but the suspect was…
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The city of Rockford is considering expanding the number of automated license-plate readers and cameras across the city. Concerns arise about whether the data will be properly stored and used. "The purpose of adding additional cameras in our community is that they've been proven effective to…