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Resident warns Adams County against unchecked license-plate surveillance, urges housing investments
Summary
During public comment, Alexis Allen urged the Adams County Board to tighten oversight of license-plate-camera vendors and to use vacant properties to expand housing and mental-health services as part of a broader public-safety strategy.
Alexis Allen told the Adams County Board during the public-comment period that license-plate-camera technology raises privacy and oversight questions the county should answer before spending taxpayer money.
"Public safety cannot mean sacrificing the privacy and civil liberties of the people we're supposed to protect," Allen said, pressing board members to clarify who has access to data, who is being searched for, how long records are retained and what safeguards exist if data is shared with outside agencies. She cited recent concerns in other jurisdictions over a vendor called FLAC and reports that license-plate data had been accessed by federal agencies.
Allen also urged the board to pair public-safety spending with investments that address root causes of crime, including creating a coordinated vacant-property database so county and city officials can identify homes suitable for rehabilitation and leverage state and federal housing grants. "Housing is public safety," she said.
The board did not respond with new policy at the meeting; the comment was entered into the record during the public-comment portion of the agenda.
