License plate readers in limbo as LAPD halts use and police commission weighs pausing deployment
- The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners is set to consider suspending the deployment of automated license plate reader cameras Tuesday, days after LAPD became the latest police agency to halt use of the controversial cameras.
- The Los Angeles Police Department announced Saturday that it had ceased working with surveillance technology company Flock Safety over concerns regarding data usage.
- Flock Safety currently operates 138 pole-mounted cameras across Los Angeles.
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- The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners is set to consider suspending the deployment of automated license plate reader cameras Tuesday, days after LAPD became the latest police agency to halt use of the controversial cameras.
- The Los Angeles Police Department announced Saturday that it had ceased working with surveillance technology company Flock Safety over concerns regarding data usage.
- Flock Safety currently operates 138 pole-mounted cameras across Los Angeles.
Sources: The Independent