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Lakeville council approves agreement for 20 license-plate reader cameras after privacy debate
Summary
After hearing public concerns about privacy and data retention, the Lakeville City Council voted to approve a master services agreement with Flock Group for 20 fixed license-plate reader cameras, with the police department committing to a 30-day data retention limit and audit safeguards.
The Lakeville City Council approved a master services agreement with Flock Group Incorporated on Dec. 15 to install 20 fixed license-plate reader (LPR) cameras on major ingress and egress routes, following a lengthy presentation and council questions about privacy, data retention and oversight.
Chief Paulson told the council the cameras would sit on poles along high-traffic corridors such as Interstate 35 exit ramps, Cedar Avenue and County Road 46 and would capture vehicle-related data only. He said the system is intended to support real-time alerts — for example matching plates against a missing-person database — and to aid post-incident investigations by searching recent LPR data.
"These are fixed license plate reader cameras on…
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