Propped up along streets across Utah are small, pole-mounted cameras. These are automatic license plate readers that snap a photo of a vehicle’s plate and log it in a database.
Now, the Salt Lake City Council is actively looking to regulate them.
Law enforcement use the cameras to track vehicles involved in crimes. Despite being around for several years, the technology has gained attention in recent months. Agencies like U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have been documented using license plate reader data in the federal government’s immigration enforcement crackdown…