Amid growing public scrutiny of automated license plate readers and citywide protests decrying privacy concerns prompted by surveillance technologies, the City of Reno announced this month it would end its contract with Flock cameras.
Utah advocates recently described a faster way to block Flock cameras without new legislation, offering another path for communities uneasy about license plate surveillance.
Instead of discontinuing the use of the technology, the Reno City Council voted 5-2 to expand its existing contract Axon Enterprise to include ALPRs and other artificial intelligence tools…