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Residents raise privacy, ICE-access concerns over license-plate readers in Staunton
Summary
Public commenters urged the council to reconsider or tighten controls around automated license-plate readers, citing error rates, vendor access (Flock), potential sharing with ICE and broader civil-liberties risks.
A resident urged Staunton City Council on July 24 to reconsider the city’s use of automated license-plate readers (ALPRs), warning the cameras pose privacy risks and can be accessed by immigration enforcement and other agencies.
Deborah Kushner, a Staunton resident who said she previously volunteered at the Farmville detention center, described ALPR technology as widely deployed and error-prone…
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