WESTFIELD — A growing number of license plate recognition cameras are popping up along roads across Central Indiana. While law enforcement calls them an effective safety tool, others argue they raise some privacy concerns.
“It really is like a powerful public safety tool, honestly, to help locate and target criminal offenders,” said Westfield Police Department Assistant Chief Eric Grimes. “It captures the license plate, the make, model and color of a vehicle, and it timestamps that.”
Grimes said the technology is also being used for more than crime prevention…