ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Police are responding to concerns brought up in last week’s Asheville City Council meeting about Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs).
“We have been told that there are safeguards in place for the use of ALPRs,” said Asheville Resident Rachel Cohen in the public comment section of the meeting.
She spoke about a recent audit of Asheville Police Department’s Automated License Plate Reader System. According to the external agency network audit, there were over 2.7 million searches by Asheville police between April and June of this year. The audit found a total of 100% of the searches provided a reason for the search…