A Florida sheriff dismissed growing concerns over Flock cameras in his community as ignorance, asserting that the AI-powered automated license plate readers (ALPRs) are essential to help solve crimes, and compared efforts to “deFlock” the community to cities who want to defund the police.
Hundreds of supporters are rallying with donations for a U.S. Air Force engineer charged with destroying more than a dozen surveillance cameras last year in Virginia, and reportedly told an investigator they are unconstitutional.
The Justice Department filed lawsuits Wednesday against Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Washington, alleging the states violated the Constitution by refusing to provide confidential license plates to federal law enforcement agencies while continuing to issue them to state and local law enforcement.
City leaders in San Francisco, California, are working to install 400 license plate readers across the area to reduce criminal activity.
American law enforcement are now using AI-powered license plate recognition systems to identify “suspicious” patterns of movement by analyzing billions of license plate records. However, this new technology raises significant concerns about privacy and potential misuse.
A Nevada driver’s license plate has been recalled after officials say they received a complaint because it “defamed” people from California.
A Hawaii man is still driving around with a custom license plate that reads “FCKBLM” after repeatedly being ordered by the state’s Department of Customer Servies to forfeit it, according to a report.
A judge has ordered the state of Kentucky to pay $150,000 to atheist groups representing a man whose request for an “IM GOD” license plate was denied.
Mississippi will begin issuing license plates featuring the phrase “In God We Trust” starting this month, replacing a design which used to feature blues singer B.B. King.
