Justice & Public Safety
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The city will connect four noise-spotting devices to license plate-reading cameras. The intent, Mayor Dorinda Borer said, is to document egregious violations of engine revving and after-market muffler sounds. -
The Florida Department of Transportation has directed all automated license plate readers be removed from state roads by Sept. 30. Local traffic enforcement cameras are among those not affected.
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Macomb County will migrate its emergency dispatch and records management to a cloud-based platform under a $6.79 million contract with Tyler Technologies that a county committee recommended.
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The police department will ask the City Council for approval of a contract worth up to $15 million over five years. It would include AI-assisted ID technology to track cars and people based on appearance.
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With voters raising concerns about Flock cameras, Ohio lawmakers have introduced four competing plans to rein in the technology weeks before the November election.
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Flock Safetyâs automated license plate reader cameras, Brazos County Sheriff Wayne Dicky said, only captures âstill images of license plates that become searchable.â His department has 10 cameras.
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Proposed legislation that would regulate Flock Safety and other automated license plate readers would not go far enough to ensure the privacy of Nevadans, according to one assemblymember.
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An executive order from Gov. Mike Kehoe puts data, compliance and other guardrails around license plate reading technology. It comes amid a national backlash against Flock and other surveillance technologies.
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A report outlines how Boston police launched pilots with Motorola and Axon as replacement platforms, which raised new questions about compliance with a city council ordinance.
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As debates rage over the use of automated license plate readers and traffic enforcement cameras in municipalities across Connecticut, another kind of technology has entered the scene.
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A 10-year pact worth more than $1.2 million will enable the South Haven Police Department to begin standing up license plate readers on poles and drone technology with real-time feeds.
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Days after Boston launched its Flock Safety pilot program in April 2025, the surveillance system shared vehicle data in violation of the Boston Police Departmentâs contract.
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The resident argues that the process in which the cityâs industrial development board approved the benefits back in May was hidden from the public, and that it had no power to abate those taxes.
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A police department grant application was withdrawn âbecause this council does not support an expansion of our drone programâ until questions and concerns are addressed, the City Council president said.
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The Elk Grove Police Department defended its use of automated license plate readers after an audit last month by an advocacy group raised concerns about privacy and vehicle location data.
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As drones have become ubiquitous, they've also become a major security concern for high-profile, confined events such as sporting events. In turn, security has evolved into a multibillion-dollar industry.
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The County Council voted 3-2 for a $1.4 million grant to buy Axon drone detection sensors, portable deployment kits and training. Two members voiced concerns about privacy and how the system will be used.
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Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton announced Friday morning that she is creating an âindependent, external panelâ to review Lexingtonâs Flock license plate reader cameras.
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A majority of council members signaled they agreed with Dallas police that Flock Safety's network of license-plate readers has become a key tool for solving crimes and tracking down suspects.
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City police will turn off nearly half their array of Flock automated license plate readers after Gov. Greg Abbott called for the state to halt funding the devices. More than 300 are still filming.
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The Woodland Police Department responded to community concerns about its use of the Flock Safety automated license plate recognition system amid growing opposition to the technology.
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