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Livonia council to place Flock license-plate readers on Oct. 6 consent agenda
Summary
At a Sept. 20 Livonia study session, the police department presented a plan to lease Flock Safety license-plate reader cameras; councilmembers agreed to place the purchase on the Oct. 6 regular meeting consent agenda. The system will be paid in part by a state Auto Theft Prevention Authority grant and by forfeiture funds, officials said.
At a Sept. 20 study session, the Livonia Police Department asked the City Council to waive formal bidding and authorize the purchase and lease of Flock Safety license-plate reader (LPR) cameras and related software; councilmembers agreed to place the item on the Oct. 6 regular meeting consent agenda for formal action.
The request, presented by the police chief, called for an initial installation of about 35 cameras across the city — described as 21 standard flat cameras, about 10 long-range cameras and two dual-solar LPR bundles — and an enhanced LPR software upgrade to share alerts with regional law-enforcement partners. “License plates are public and can be read by anybody and run by anybody including local law enforcement,”…
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