The pros and cons of FLOCK cameras have recently gone viral across the country portraying misinformation and misleading accounts about abuse and overreach of law enforcement. License plate reader cameras have one purpose and that is to read the license plate on the back of a vehicle and take it’s picture. Job done. They recognize plates that may belong to stolen vehicles allowing a first responder to be there in minutes. Unusual activities near the camera can be reported. Suspects can be identified through their vehicles registrations. The list of effective and preventive measures that the cameras provide is a long one. Abuse of FLOCK cameras is quite short and is only exaggerated in the media.
We read about abuse in our schools, businesses, civil groups, government and law enforcement. The fact that we read about them means they were identified and brought to a conclusion. Same goes for traffic cameras.
The need for LPR cameras shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who relies on our roads and highways to navigate on a daily basis. And the need to have more of them is not only a good idea but makes perfect sense. Irmo has used eleven of them for nearly five years and now want to expand to cover all entrances and exits to the town limits…