Though the Milwaukee Police Department is no longer sharing information from its automated license plate reader cameras with outside law enforcement, there are still ways for entities like U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to access that data, according to information shared Tuesday during a panel discussion at Marquette University Law School.
Civil rights advocates, elected officials and residents have questioned whether recent safeguards put in place by MPD go far enough, which was a topic of discussion during the panel.
MPD has limited access to supervisors, restricted the types of investigations for which license plate readers can be used and shortened its image-retention period to seven days…