SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse police want to finish installing a network of license plate readers, but Common Council members are questioning whether the department’s safeguards would catch misuse quickly enough.
At a meeting Thursday in City Hall, Deputy Chief Jason Tom outlined a request involving the remaining seven readers in the city’s planned 26-reader Axon system. Nineteen have already been installed.
The seven remaining locations are in state Department of Transportation rights-of-way, requiring additional approvals before installation can proceed, Tom said…