Learn More About the Charlottesville Police Department's Use of AI-Powered License Plate-Reading Cameras

Learn more about the Charlottesville Police Department's use of AI-powered license plate-reading cameras

The Charlottesville Police Department (CPD) will present a community update this month on its use of Flock cameras, which can detect vehicles and read license plates utilizing artificial intelligence. The cameras have been in use in Charlottesville for the past 12 months as a pilot program, and are used by law enforcement to search for suspects and help solve crimes, according to CPD’s Transparency portal. Data is retained for seven days. Flock…

Charlottesville Police Department to present data from Flock pilot

Charlottesville’s Police Department divides the city into three districts and all of them will soon hold a community meeting to review the results of a one-year pilot of a proprietary system that scans license plates looking for criminal activity. Last year, CPD began using Flock Safety’s system but Council had concerns about how the data would be shared with federal officials. “Under CPD policy, data is retained for only seven days, and Charlot…