‘My heart was pounding’: Veteran has unnerving ICE encounter, discovers surveillance cameras scanned her over 100 times

Melissa Corrigan, a Norfolk activist and Navy veteran who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, said she was left shaken after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent called her by name during an operation, even though the two had never met.

After seeking public records, she discovered that city surveillance cameras had captured her car more than 100 times over a three-day period.

Her experience is now helping fuel a broader fight over the spread of AI-powered license plate readers across Virginia.

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After the encounter, Corrigan said she began wondering whether the city’s Flock Safety camera network helped identify her…

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