LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Metropolitan Police Department is changing its policy for automated license plate readers, or ALPRs, including Flock cameras, after Police Chief Paul Humphrey said the department has used the technology to respond to crimes, make arrests, identify suspects and recover stolen property.
Humphrey announced the policy changes this week, saying that the department is instituting new training standards for users of the system and tightening documentation requirements for searches made within Flock. “We are limiting the ability of officers to search the system to only designated users, including detectives and analysts,” Humphrey said. “And we are restricting outside agencies from being able to access our system without making a request directly to the agency.”
Kate Miller, advocacy director for the ACLU of Kentucky, said the organization remains concerned about the use of ALPR technology. “The ACLU of Kentucky is very concerned with the proliferation of all of these types of technology that present such an easy opportunity to engage in mass surveillance,” Miller said…