BOSTON (WWLP) – A Suffolk Superior Court judge has ruled that the Massachusetts State Police must disclose records related to its use of automatic license plate reader technology (such as Flock), including camera locations and audit records.
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The ruling, issued Wednesday, determined that State Police did not provide sufficient justification for withholding information about where the cameras are located or records showing officers’ searches of the database, provided license plate numbers are redacted.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (ACLU) has sought the records for more than five years. The organization requested information about the agency’s use of automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras, which capture and store images of vehicle license plates.
State Police argued that the records were exempt from disclosure under public records laws designed to protect critical infrastructure and ongoing criminal investigations. However, the court found that those exceptions did not apply to the requested records and granted ACLU’s motion for summary judgment…