"The Brookline Select Board hit pause Tuesday night on a proposed agreement to let police access data from an electronic license plate reader being installed by a private realty company, following intense debate over privacy and ethics. After hearing objections from residents and board members, the board voted to table the decision. Board member Paul Warren said he wants to hear directly from Chestnut Hill Realty, the company installing the camera, which is made by Flock Safety."
""I believe that license plate reader technology is a very valuable tool in legitimate law enforcement, but it is a form of invasive surveillance by the government that, in normal times, we probably would accept as a price we pay for law and order," Greene said. He continued, "But we're not living in normal times." Greene said the guardrails and guardians protecting rights to free speech and due process are being dismantled in Washington."
Brookline Select Board paused a proposed agreement to allow police access to data from an electronic license plate reader installed by a private realty company. Residents spoke online and at public hearings to oppose the cameras, citing privacy and ethics concerns. Chestnut Hill Realty said it was installing a Flock Safety license plate reader along Independence Drive after rises in package and retail theft and asked if police would access the data. Civil liberties advocates and the ACLU of Massachusetts warned the cameras enable broad government surveillance by collecting movement data. Board members voiced concern about who could access the data and requested direct input from Chestnut Hill Realty.
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