License Plate Readers See Rapid Growth, Low Oversight in Carteret County

License plate readers see rapid growth, low oversight in Carteret County

CARTERET COUNTY — While Carteret County drivers are keeping their eyes on the road, an increasing number of automatic license plate readers are keeping eyes on their vehicles.

State lawmaker Pam Hunter pushing to regulate license plate reader surveillance

When Assemblymember Pam Hunter learned that a camera pole installed in her neighbor’s yard was scanning her license plate as she drove by every day, Hunter started digging. Hunter, a state lawmaker representing the 128th Assembly District, soon learned that she had been driving past a Flock Safety automatic license plate reader, which scanned and stored the license plate number, color, and other identifying characteristics of her vehicle. Flock’…