Michigan would regulate police license plate cameras under bipartisan bill

Michigan would regulate police license plate cameras under bill

Bipartisan bills introduced in the Michigan Legislature would create statewide regulations on how license plate reader data is used With no state law regulating use of license plate readers, data-sharing decisions currently fall on local governments  The technology has drawn criticism from privacy advocates, though law enforcement agencies defend its use as a crime-fighting tool In Oakland County’s Waterford Township, concern over the use of aut…

Michigan would regulate police license plate cameras under bipartisan bill

By Lauren Gibbons BRIDGEMI.COM This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com. In Oakland County’s Waterford Township, concern over the use of automatic license plate readers by law enforcement agencies escalated to a 24-year-old man smashing several of the devices to bits. Police credit one of the cameras he’s accused of breaking with helping track h…