Charlottesville police end use of AI-powered license plate readers

Charlottesville police end use of AI-powered license plate readers

Charlottesville has officially ended its use of the Flock camera system that photographs and uses artificial intelligence to track license plates of cars moving around the city for law enforcement use. The City ended its contract with the company after the one-year pilot program expired — and City Manager Sam Sanders says it won’t be renewed. “That pilot has now ended,” Sanders told the City Council at its Monday, Dec. 15 meeting. “The cameras a…