The San Francisco Police Department said an audit of its automated license plate reader camera network shows it was ...

Law enforcement may soon gain access to license plate data tied to phones, AirPods, smartwatches, and more ...

Flock Safety, the Atlanta‑based startup that promises to help police solve crimes by tracking license plates, has quietly ...

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The disclosure is likely to renew scrutiny of a surveillance tool that has expanded rapidly across California and the nation.

Federal and out-of-state agencies “improperly” searched San Francisco license-plate data gathered through the police department’s Flock system of surveillance cameras, a department audit released ...

San Francisco police say they have disabled access to its network of Flock Automated License Plate Reader cameras after it ...

San Jose has not been using automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras for 15 years. According to San Jose Police ...

A new kind of license-plate-reading camera will also scrape the smart devices you take with you, and wrap all that data in a ...

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You pull into a Home Depot or Lowe's parking lot to grab mulch, paint or a new patio chair. You probably expect security cameras near the entrance. What you may not expect is a camera that captures ...

License plate recognition technology is a tool used by law enforcement to help solve crimes and find missing persons. The author, a former sheriff, argues the technology helps victims by speeding up ...