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Wyoming police say license-plate readers flagged thousands of alerts in first quarter after installation
Summary
Public safety director Neil Bauer told the City Council the department's automated license plate reader (ALPR) system has run primarily as a learning tool and flagged more than 1,100 revoked-driver alerts and about 440 suspended-driver alerts this quarter; the department publishes data on a transparency portal and plans data-sharing agreements with neighboring agencies.
Neil Bauer, Wyoming's public safety director, told the City Council on Oct. 7 that the police department's automated license plate reader system has been installed at four locations and largely used as a training and investigative tool since deployment.
"FLOCK did install all four cameras at this point," Bauer said, and "all of our officers have gone through the online training." He described the system's current role as identifying revoked or suspended drivers, locating stolen vehicles…
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