You are not alone on the road.
Each day, Kansas City motorists in our six-county region have their vehicle data collected by cameras known as automated license plate readers, or ALPRs. These cameras are designed to take a photo of a license plate or vehicle to help police track down criminals. Hundreds of them are affixed to structures and patrol cars in Cass, Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Platte and Wyandotte counties.
One company, Flock Safety — which is being used in the Kansas City area — was concerned enough itself about how your data is being used that it stopped cooperating with the federal government…