At first, officials at the state’s two largest universities didn’t want to disclose the locations of their license plate reader cameras, a powerful and increasingly popular surveillance tool among law enforcement nationwide.
University staffers argued that providing that information to the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting could compromise police investigations and endanger officers, faculty and students.
But they changed course after KyCIR sent appeals to the state’s attorney general arguing the universities’ refusal to provide the information violated state open records laws…