ADRIAN — After several weeks of discussion, Lenawee County commissioners voted on July 9 to approve a proposal to install license plate-reading cameras along some county roads.
The Lenawee County Sheriff’s Office plans to install six stationary cameras and one “Flex” camera that can be easily moved as necessary, for example during Michigan International Speedway race weekends.
The plan calls for six stationary cameras at three points along Ridge Highway in Macon, Ridgeway and Palmyra Townships — with two cameras, one facing each direction, at each location. The seventh would initially be on Deerfield Road. At a previous meeting, Capt. Jake Pifer of the sheriff’s office said that those tend to be the main routes taken in and out of Lenawee County by people who commit crimes…