Portsmouth Town Council votes to reject installing license plate cameras in town
File photo of a Flock camera. (WJAR)
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (WJAR) — Portsmouth Town Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to reject installing license plate-reading Flock cameras in the town.
The Rhode Island State Police have pitched the program in over 20 communities after receiving a federal COPS grant that includes $579,000 for 39 cameras.
Flock cameras are automated license plate readers that photograph the license plates of passing vehicles, and record details such as time, location, color and vehicle type.
Portsmouth is now the second Rhode Island municipality to reject the state police-backed system.
The town of Warren previously rejected the plan.
