Board pauses license-plate reader decision after privacy, storage questions
Board discussion on a proposed license-plate scanner focused on privacy, data retention and accuracy; a law-enforcement representative said the system uses a LEIN 'hot list' and will alert only for listed plates, and the board asked staff to get vendor answers and continue the item next week.
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Board members and residents raised privacy and data-retention concerns about a proposed license-plate scanner, citing a recent Fourth Amendment lawsuit in Norfolk as background to the debate. “The thing is is where is this getting stored, the information? Can somebody else access this?” the Chair asked during the discussion, pressing for details on storage and access.
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