New license plate readers coming to NC roads cause privacy concerns

REASON TO BRING THE COMPANY TO

NORTH CAROLINA.

>> WITH THE NEW YEAR COMES A

NEW LAW, ADDING TECHNOLOGY THAT

YOU MAY NOTICE WHEN DRIVING

AROUND THE STATE STARTING THIS

WEEK. THE DOT IS PUTTING

LICENSE PLATE READERS ON STATE

ROADS. LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS

THESE CAMERAS WILL HELP THEM

FIND CRIMINALS ON THE RUN AS

WELL AS MISSING PEOPLE AND

CHILDREN ARE CAPITOL BUREAU

CHIEF LAURA LESLIE EXPLAINS

NOT. EVERYONE IS ON BOARD WITH

THIS PLAN.

>> LICENSE PLATE READERS SEEM

TO BE EVERYWHERE THESE DAYS,

SEVERAL CITIES AND WAKE COUNTY

USE THEM INCLUDING RALEIGH.

POLICE CHIEFS SAY THEY'RE VERY

EFFECTIVE. HALLE BAILEY AND HIS

SPOKESWOMAN FOR FLOCK SAFETY.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST VENDORS,

SHE SAYS THE CAMERAS HELP SOLVE

A WIDE VARIETY OF CRIMES.

EVERYTHING FROM, OF COURSE,

STOLEN VEHICLES AND VEHICLE

THEFT, BUT ALSO VIOLENT CRIMES

LIKE HOMICIDES AND KIDNAPPINGS

AND ASSAULT.

>> AND THEN PROPERTY CRIMES

LIKE BURGLARY AND THEFT.

HOWEVER, THE CAMERAS WERE NOT

ALLOWED ON STATE OWNED ROADS

UNTIL THIS WEEK FOR YEARS.

STATE LAWMAKERS IN BOTH PARTIES

RESISTED THEM SAYING THEY

INVADE THE PRIVACY OF PEOPLE

WHO'VE DONE NOTHING WRONG.

>> REPRESENTATIVE PRICEY

HARRISON IS ONE OF THOSE

OPPONENTS. IT.

>> GREAT. WOULD IT CATCHES A

KIDNAPPING OR STOLEN CAR?

BUT LESS THAN

ONE PERCENT OF ALL READS

INVOLVE THE KRON AND DOWN AND

THOSE WERE OR THEIR SINCE, YOU

KNOW, NOT GREAT.

>> THE LAW FINALLY PASS LAST

YEAR WITH LITTLE DEBATE BURIED

IN A LARGER BILL AT THE END

OF SESSION. IT ALLOWS FOR A

PILOT PROGRAM FOR READERS ON

STATE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS UNTIL

JUNE 2025.

>> THE DATA FROM THOSE CAMERAS

CANNOT BE SOLD OR USED TO

ENFORCE TRAFFIC LAWS. IT HAS

TO BE DELUDED WITHIN 90 DAYS.

HARRISON HAS SERIOUS CONCERNS

ABOUT HOW THE DATA WILL BE

USED. THEIR PREDOMINANTLY PLACE

IN ON BLACK AND LATINO

NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> SO YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF

BISON THERE, TOO. BUT THEY LYNN

SAYS ADDING CAMERAS ON STATE

ROADS, ESPECIALLY HIGHWAYS,

WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN

FOLKS COMMITTED COULD THEY

DON'T STAY WITHIN THE SAME

JURISDICTION. THEY TRAVEL AND

THEY HAVE TO GET ON AND OFF

HIGHWAY BASE. SO

>> HAVING THESE CAMERAS ON

STATE ROADWAYS REALLY HELPS 8

EXPAND THE NETWORK OF CAMERAS.

THE STATE BUREAU OF

INVESTIGATION WILL MANAGE THE

PROGRAM. THE AGENCY DECLINED

AN INTERVIEW. LAURA LESLIE,

WRAL, NEWS, RALEIGH.

>> NO WORD ON WHEN THE STATE