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Resident urges Lebanon to reject Flock Safety license‑plate cameras, cites Fourth Amendment and Carpenter ruling
Summary
A resident told the council July 1 that license‑plate reading cameras amount to mass surveillance, citing constitutional protections and Carpenter v. United States, and urged the city to reject the technology rather than adopt a program that would log citizens' movements.
Michael Qualls, a Lebanon resident and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, told the council during the public‑comment period that proposed Flock Safety license‑plate reader cameras present a “direct threat to our constitutional rights” and urged the council to reject their use.
Qualls, who gave his address as 29 Benning Circle, said the Fourth Amendment does not “vanish…
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