The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office shares data from its license plate readers with 392 state and local law enforcement agencies. The list of those agencies has not been made public.
The agencies are in 20 states, according to a presentation the office gave Democratic county legislators Tuesday. Office policy allows sharing with agencies in New York and 22 other states, running from Maine to Florida and west to Michigan and Mississippi.
The agencies were “specifically selected by region due to known criminal trafficking enterprises,” Chief Deputy Michael Fowler said Tuesday in written answers provided to the Beacon. He did not name them or say who approved each arrangement…