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City halts police license plate reader program after public pushback

by 1659447091 on 6/5/25, 12:10 PM with 11 comments

• by skyyler on 6/5/25, 2:18 PM

  >APD leaders including Chief Lisa Davis said ALPRs have proven to be a key crime-fighting tool that helped the short-staffed police department

  >short-staffed police department

  https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2023/08/council-approv...

  More funding than ever, yet they're somehow short-staffed? Is that right?

• by ProllyInfamous on 6/5/25, 3:26 PM

  One of these was just erected on my commute in mid-sized US town — and didn't last longer than a week (not sure of its downfall). Not popular, but you're seeing them more often in all affluencies of town.