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Police outline ALPR/FLOP camera use, audits and privacy safeguards after public concern
Summary
Universal City Police described how automatic license-plate reader (ALPR) cameras (FLOP system) are used, audit controls and case examples, and answered resident questions about oversight and data sharing.
At the council meeting, the Universal City Police Department presented details about its ALPR camera program (referred to in the meeting as the FLOP system) and explained the system’s operational rules, audit controls and examples where the cameras aided investigations.
The department said it has installed 12 fixed ALPR cameras at points of entry and in higher-crime areas; the system is used in three ways: alerts (for stolen vehicles, AMBER alerts, or vehicles entered by the Texas Criminal Information Center), case-based searches (which must include a case number), and agency hot lists (entered by administrators for a known suspect…
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