The city of Scottsdale plans to discuss and take possible action on the use of automatic license plate readers by police in early October.
The City Council voted Tuesday night to move up a mayoral request for review for Oct. 6.
Eric Fowler, chair of the Maricopa County Libertarian Party, told Scottsdale leaders that he raised concerns about the controversial tech about a year ago.
“Don’t delay it any longer because you could have been the early mover and actually done something about this while everybody else learned their lesson this August,” Fowler said
Last month, several local police departments across the Valley reported internal misuse of license plate reader systems and several cities ended their use.
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The Scottsdale Unified School District’s governing board voted 3-2 to close two more schools Tuesday night. The district’s enrollment has declined by 26% since 2010. -
Scottsdale currently has 85 license plate readers, data is kept for about six months and the program costs about $280,000 a year. -
Scottsdale has 85 license plate readers, the city keeps data for about six months and the program costs about $280,000 a year. -
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