Erie County has more cameras than any county in upstate. There are nearly 400 installed throughout WNY and they generate data searched extensively by police agencies.
A Flock camera installed at The Boulevard shopping plaza in Amherst. Photo by J. Dale Shoemaker.
Editor’s note: This is the second story on the use of license plate readers in Western New York. Our first story focused on the prevalence of the cameras and their use by law enforcement.
Law-enforcement agencies have installed as many as 395 license plate reading cameras to track drivers’ movement across Western New York…