Privacy advocates are arguing the information is being used for other purposes, too.

San Diego police cruisers. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) The San Diego Public Safety Committee approved the continued use of 54 surveillance technologies, including Automatic License ...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is preparing to launch one of the biggest attacks yet on police surveillance technology in ...

As police departments look to implement new ways to catch criminals, one emerging technology is the use of automatic license plate readers (APLRs). These are camera systems that scan images of license ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) — The San Diego Public Safety Committee approved the continued use of 54 surveillance technologies, including Automatic License Plate Readers, which the city's law enforcement strongly ...

One line tucked into a federal highway bill would strip funds from cities and states unless they kill their automated plate ...

Flock camera on Meadowbridge Road in Highland Park. Photos by Scott Elmquist If you drive through Richmond today, you are ...

In 2018, Brian Hofer and his younger brother were driving to visit their parents for Thanksgiving. It should have been a routine trip. But that evening they found themselves held at gunpoint by a ...

DeFlock is an open-source project designed by an Alabama software engineer with the aim of helping people know if automatic license plate readers, or ALPR, cameras are in their area. A new open-source ...

The San Diego Police Department has begun installing and using Smart Streetlight cameras and Automated License Plate Recognition technologies, and they have already assisted in solving crimes. “Having ...

Officers credited license plate readers and Concord police with helping detain the suspect in the shooting Friday evening in ...