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Resident raises privacy concerns over automated license-plate readers; city says state grant will fund system and vendor retains data 30 days
Summary
During the budget public hearing, a resident questioned the use of automated license-plate readers. City staff said the system is funded by a state grant (insurance-fee supported) and that the vendor stores data for 30 days and makes it available to law enforcement agencies.
Robinson — A resident at the council’s Aug. 29 public hearing questioned the city’s plan to install automated license-plate readers and raised constitutional and data-retention concerns, and city staff answered that the cameras would be funded via a state grant and that the vendor retains data for 30 days.
At the hearing, resident Dougie asked about camera installations that “put cameras in certain locations around the city where we have crime problems and then it will record license plate numbers.” He asked whether the grant was federal or…
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