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Commissioners approve applying for license‑plate reader grant amid privacy concerns (4–1)
Summary
Kendall County voted 4–1 to apply for a Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority grant (up to $200,000 with a 20% match) to expand license‑plate readers; law enforcement and vendor representatives described transparency controls, while some commissioners and residents raised privacy and data‑access concerns.
Kendall County Commissioners Court approved a motion on April 28 to apply for the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority catalytic converter grant program to fund expansion of the county's Flock Safety license‑plate‑reader (LPR) network. The grant request is for up to $200,000 with a required local match up to 20% (not to exceed $40,000). The motion passed 4–1.
County staff and law enforcement described the county's existing LPR deployment and said 17 county…
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