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Intersection of routes 355 and 351 in Poestenkill, where the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office proposed installing an automatic license plate reader. The Town Board rejected the request during its meeting on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Will Waldron\/Times Union<\/p>\n
Intersection of routes 355 and 351 in Poestenkill, where the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office proposed installing an automatic license plate reader.<\/p>\n
Will Waldron\/Times Union<\/p>\n
Intersection of routes 355 and 351 in Poestenkill, where the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office asked permission to install an automatic license plate reader.<\/p>\n
Will Waldron\/Times Union<\/p>\n
Poestenkill resident Steve Saur speaks at Thursday’s Town Board meeting\u00a0against the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office proposal to place Flock Safety automated license plate readers at\u00a0Town Hall.<\/p>\n
Tyler A. McNeil\/Times Union<\/p>\n
Intersection of routes 355 and 351 in Poestenkill, where the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office asked permission to install an automatic license plate reader. The Poestenkill Town Board rejected the request on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Will Waldron\/Times Union<\/p>\n
Poestenkill resident Diane Geary speaks at Thursday’s Poestenkill Town Board meeting against the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office’s proposal to place Flock Safety automated license plate readers at\u00a0Town Hall.<\/p>\n
Tyler A. McNeil\/Times Union<\/p>\n
Poestenkill Town Supervisor Tom Russell addresses the Rensselaer County Sheriff\u2019s Office\u2019s request to place Flock Safety automated license plate readers at Poestenkill Town Hall during a Town Board meeting on Thursday. The board rejected the proposal.<\/p>\n
Tyler A. McNeil\/Times Union<\/p>\n
Poestenkill resident Richard Ring speaks out on Thursday against the\u00a0Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office proposal to place Flock Safety automated license plate readers at Poestenkill Town Hall.<\/p>\n
Tyler A. McNeil\/Times Union<\/p>\n
POESTENKILL\u00a0\u2014 Several residents have sent a clear\u00a0message to the Town Board: We don\u2019t want government\u00a0surveillance cameras in Poestenkill.<\/p>\n
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And the Town Board members listened,\u00a0rejecting a proposal during a meeting on Thursday to install automated license plate readers on municipal property<\/a>.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The Rensselaer County Sheriff\u2019s Office had requested permission to place\u00a0the technology designed to identify criminal suspects at Poestenkill Town Hall, facing a five-way intersection. Residents were quick to raise privacy concerns online, many of which were echoed at the recent meeting.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re losing our rights in this country, and this is just another example of it,\u201d Scott J. Bidwell, of Deer Creek Road, told the board.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is not Manhattan, and let\u2019s keep it that way,\u201d said Diane Geary, of Hinkle Road.<\/p>\n Make the Times Union a Preferred Source on Google to see more of our journalism when you search.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Add Preferred Source<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think we need to keep track of each other to that extent,\u201d said Richard M. Ring, also of Hinkle Road.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Flock Safety, which would have provided those cameras, has readers in more than 5,000 communities and 4,800 agencies nationwide. It allows agencies within the national network to store and share data up to 30 days, according to the company\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n