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Council reviews two-year pilot to install Flock Safety license-plate readers; privacy and audit safeguards discussed
Summary
Police proposed a two-year, four-location pilot with Flock Safety for license-plate readers and video, funded from asset-forfeiture funds (~$28,000 over two years). Staff emphasized audit requirements, limits on searches tied to active criminal complaints, and a 30-day vendor data retention default, with the state's court rule requiring 60 days for license-plate features noted.
Lede: Police presented a proposal to install four automatic license-plate-reader (LPR) and video systems from Flock Safety at key entry corridors to East Grand Forks as a two-year pilot funded from asset-forfeiture funds.
Nut graf: Chief Hedland and Corporal Rue said the four systems would cost about $14,000 per year ($3,500 per location), for a two-year total of roughly $28,000, to be paid from the city's asset-forfeiture account. The systems are presented as investigative tools that can return "hits" on stolen vehicles or…
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