Albany’s only Flock Safety license plate reader used to be mounted on a light pole on the northwest corner of Ellsworth Street and First Avenue. Now it’s gone. Somebody apparently swiped it.
The camera recorded cars passing by on Ellsworth Street and stored the information for 30 days. The police department disabled the device on Feb. 26, the day after the city council voted to suspend its use over concerns of access to the data by federal agencies.
“We are not sure who removed it but [it] was removed without permission,” Police Chief Marcia Harnden said this morning…