As communities across Texas debate the future of automated license plate readers, five North Texas police chiefs are making the case for keeping the technology while strengthening the rules governing its use.
NBC 5 Justice Reporter Shannon Miller sat down with the police chiefs of Dallas, Fort Worth, Irving, Allen and Grand Prairie for an extended conversation about public safety, privacy concerns and accountability.
Automated license plate readers, or ALPRs, capture information about vehicles traveling past cameras. Police say the technology helps investigators locate stolen vehicles, missing people and criminal suspects, sometimes within minutes and across city lines…