OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 7, 2026) – Concerns about police surveillance has led lawmakers in Lansing to put forward legislation to restrict a new tool.
Separate measures, currently under consideration in both the state House and Senate, would restrict access to information gathered by automatic license plate readers through a signed warrant or during a criminal investigation, and any data would be deleted after 14 days. The bills are in response to concerns about privacy, oversight, and constitutional rights.
Ottawa County Sheriff Eric DeBoer’s office has been using the “Flock” cameras, named after the company that is the industry leader in this technology, for more than two years now, and it has led to 85 arrests, around $600,000 in recovered stolen property, 49 stolen vehicles recovered, and seven illegal guns seized.
DeBoer said that, in his office’s contract with Flock, information could be held for 30 days and then deleted; data can be pulled in for evidence; and while Flock can aggregate information for system improvements, it cannot sell this data.
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