When Anne Arundel County Police announced in August that their crime rates had dropped since the beginning of the year, they attributed it in part to the technology at their fingertips, including ...

An automated license place reader camera atop a streetlight near the corner of First Avenue and Cedar Street near downtown San Diego. (Photo by Gabrielle Wallace/Times of San Diego) Automated license ...

The bill establishing Washington’s first regulations on automated license plate readers cleared a key House committee Tuesday, moving the state closer to setting privacy guardrails on surveillance ...

EVERETT — As Washington’s first legislation regulating automated license plate readers heads to the governor’s desk, the status of Everett’s Flock Safety cameras remains up in the air. On Tuesday, ...

The use of automated license plate readers by Iowa local law enforcement is rapidly expanding, prompting calls for statewide regulation. A new report from the ACLU of Iowa and the University of Iowa ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — An Arizona state lawmaker is looking to regulate automated license plate readers, aiming to limit their use strictly for crime-solving and public safety purposes. Sen. Kevin Payne ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Senate Bill 6002, which aims to regulate automated license plate readers is moving closer to becoming law after passing the Senate and the House. The legislation, now headed to the ...

Fierce opposition to automated license-plate-reading cameras is threatening to reshape how the devices are used, including in Washington state. Police in the U.S. have used the surveillance technology ...

OLYMPIA – Washington may soon join an increasing number of states that regulate the use of – and data collected by – automated license plate readers. The technology is used by law enforcement across ...