EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — El Paso City Council is expected to decide Tuesday whether to permanently remove the controversial AI-powered license plate reader cameras, also known as Flock cameras, after state funding was terminated.

City representatives are proposing that all of the license plate readers be removed. A City Council meeting will take place Tuesday morning to decide on the removal.

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If the proposal passes, City Representative Josh Acevedo said City Council would be giving direction to the city manager for the cameras to be removed within 60 days.

We need to make sure we remove them, the ideal thing is that Flock removes them, and if not, we will probably have to get a contractor to remove them within the next two months, Acevedo said.

The surveillance cameras have drawn increased scrutiny in recent months as allegations of misuse and privacy concerns have grown in Texas and across the country.

Paulina Carr reports on City Council set to vote to remove Flock cameras as they are no longer in use.

El Paso police had 150 Flock cameras in the city, funded through the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority, a state-funded agency.

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After Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to pause funding for the cameras, the El Paso Police Department said the system was effectively halted.

City Council will consider two items Tuesday: One would direct the city manager to remove Flock cameras on city-controlled property within 60 days. The other would block any future Flock or similar license plate reader contracts unless City Council approves them first.

Acevedo said if a decision is not reached Tuesday, the city will continue pursuing removal of the cameras.

If they don’t go through with it, that’s when we have other ways of saying we are gonna remove them and charge them.

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