Pierce County's sheriff halts automated license plate readers, citing new WA law as the reason for deactivation.

The expected renewal comes amid a sharpening regional and national debate over mass surveillance and data privacy.

For decades, cars dictated urban planning in the United States. Few could have predicted that they would one day also double as nodes for surveillance. In thousands of towns and cities across the U.S.

The Elk Grove Police Department discussed the use of automatic license plate readers and presented its annual report on crime ...

Oklahoma City police pay $270K yearly for plate reader data, yet documents show no oversight, audit logs, or rules ...

Recognizing technology designed to help solve crimes also can be weaponized against innocent people, New Mexico has adopted a ...

Although Axon isn’t Flock, privacy and surveillance concerns that come with license plate reader technology “apply to any ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A license plate reader on Route 44 in Avon, Conn., on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. (Dave Zajac/Hearst Connecticut Media) The town ...

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WXYZ) — Michigan state lawmakers are pushing to regulate automatic license plate readers after years of debate over the surveillance technology ...

Rep. Brad Tabke announced legislation aimed at restricting how license plate data is collected, shared and accessed across ...

Caroline County authorities were able to safely reunite a missing 72-year-old man with dementia with his family thanks to ...

Demetrios Sanders is one of your Detroit community reporters. Connect with him at Demetrios.Sanders@wxyz.com. SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WXYZ) — Michigan state lawmakers ...