- Little Rock police operate 116 license plate readers citywide.
- Each scan logs time, location, and identifying vehicle details.
- Police can share vehicle data nationwide without warrants.
Little Rock, Arkansas, home to around 205,000 people, isn’t what anyone would call a very advanced or modern city, but don’t tell that to the police in the area. Despite its modest profile, they have 116 automatic license plate-reading traffic cameras across the municipality. In other words, if you drive in or out of the area, you’ll probably end up in a police database.
The information these cameras gather goes far beyond a plate number. And it’s available far and wide and even to those with nefarious intentions.
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