- Salt Lake City plans new code for license plate reader data use and access.
- Concerns over surveillance and data sharing with federal agencies prompt policy changes.
- Public hearing on proposal set for Sept. 15 before City Council vote.
SALT LAKE CITY — Police have always had to adapt to emerging technology to keep up with modern times, whether that’s the emergence of the automobile or the creation of the internet.
Automatic license plate readers have been part of the next level of embracing technology.
They quickly collect license plate data as motorists drive past one, logging the plate’s time, location and other data that can be used for police purposes. It’s helped identify a man who was arrested last year and later convicted of stalking Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall, and it helped locate the man suspected of killing three people in Wayne County earlier this year…