The Kentwood Police Department is entering its third year using license plate reading cameras, a tool that scans about 3 million plates a month and has led to dozens of arrests, though some neighbors and civil rights advocates are raising privacy concerns.
There are more than 20 cameras set up around the city. I sat down with Kentwood Police Chief Bryan Litwin to find out exactly how they are used.
“We use them in areas that we from our stats and our numbers show like high crime areas or areas that there are high like traffic accidents,” Chief Litwin said…