The Brevard City Council may be asked to consider buying six license plate reading cameras, a technology tool touted by authorities to catch criminals more quickly, but the devices have also drawn scrutiny over privacy concerns.
Brevard Police Chief Christy Wentzell told the city council’s Public Safety Committee the solar power cameras, produced by Flock Safety, “would be the extra eyes we don’t have” and could be a “great investigative tool” to solve crimes for an understaffed police force as the city competes with neighboring towns for officers.
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