PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Portage public safety officials got a grilling last night from the city council to make sure that their Flock license plate readers are not being accessed by federal immigration agents.
Sergeant Nick Madsen assured the council that the Portage Public Safety Department has checks and policies in place to make sure that won’t happen, and Flock, the firm that operates the system, has fortified their security.
“When it gets transmitted wirelessly, its encrypted and then it goes to their data base, cloud storage, it’s encrypted. Their press releases and every information that we they’ve given us is they’ve never been hacked,” says Madsen…