The Scottsdale City Council has scheduled a discussion Tuesday evening on the use of controversial technology called automatic license plate readers.
The meeting agenda shows the Scottsdale police chief will make a presentation on how the city uses the cameras in question.
Several companies make the cameras and the city contracts with Flock.
Scottsdale has 85 license plate readers, the city keeps data for about six months and the program costs about $280,000 a year.
Since early August, several other Valley cities have cancelled contracts with Flock and discontinued using license plate readers. Some local law enforcement agencies have self-reported system misuse.
Amid growing concern of Fourth Amendment violations and law enforcement misuse, nearly a dozen Arizona communities have decided to end their use of automated license plate readers, or ALPRs.
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This fall, Arizona voters will have their say on the issue in the form of Proposition 319. If passed, the measure would ban new photo enforcement systems. Those that are already in place would have to be approved by voters in that city or town to stay up and running. -
Tempe officials are scheduled to hold informational meetings Thursday to review a proposed ordinance that would ban automatic license plate readers. -
The Pinal County sheriff was on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to testify about automatic license plate readers made by the company Flock and others. -
The City Council voted Tuesday night to move up a mayoral request for discussion and potential action. -
Scottsdale’s mayor wants to schedule a late October discussion on Flock technology, which is used by the police department.
