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Newark Council Approves Three-Year Renewal of License-plate Reader Contract with Yearlong Data Retention
Summary
City Council unanimously approved a three-year sole-source subscription with Flock Safety to continue automated license-plate reader (ALPR) coverage across Newark and extended storage of ALPR data to one year for investigative use, after a presentation by police and staff.
The Newark City Council on Oct. 23 unanimously authorized the city manager to sign a three-year sole-source subscription agreement with Flock Safety to operate the city's automated license-plate reader (ALPR) system and approved extending data retention to one year for investigative purposes.
The equipment and program, operated by the Newark Police Department, capture still images of vehicle license plates at points of ingress and egress across the city. Police Captain Julie Macias said the system does not record video or capture vehicle occupants and that "there's no facial recognition technology involved"; alerts generated by the system notify officers and dispatch when a wanted vehicle is detected.
Council members were shown deployment maps and use statistics.…
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