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Oviedo approves five‑year lease for eight automatic license‑plate readers amid privacy debate
Summary
Council approved a five-year lease for eight fixed automatic license‑plate readers to help locate stolen vehicles, people with warrants and missing persons; debate focused on privacy, data retention and county deployment.
The Oviedo City Council on Sept. 15 approved a five-year lease to deploy eight automatic license‑plate readers (ALPRs), with funding spread across the city budget and federal forfeiture funds for later years.
City staff described operational benefits: the system connects to a regional network and can generate immediate alerts for stolen vehicles, active warrants or missing persons. "We were able to locate a missing adult in Miami because of LPRs," the chief said, describing a case where the plates were tracked through the network.
Council discussion raised privacy and civil-liberty concerns. One council member outlined…
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