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Residents urge Carbondale to revisit contracts with Flock-style license-plate readers over privacy concerns
Summary
Speakers at the Sept. 9 Carbondale City Council meeting asked council members to place the city’s contracts with AI-enabled license-plate-reader vendors on a future agenda, saying the private ownership and sale of data by companies such as Flock Safety and Raycor Systems poses privacy and safety risks.
Several residents urged the Carbondale City Council Sept. 9 to reconsider the city's use of AI-enabled license-plate reader systems operated under contracts with private vendors.
Victor Ludwig, who identified himself as a non-resident who nonetheless spends significant time in Carbondale, asked the council to schedule further discussion on the “continued use of advanced license plate readers.” He named Flock Safety and Raycor Systems as examples of companies that sell or lease…
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