The DeFlock map displays about 119,000 license plate readers across the U.S., with Flock Safety cameras accounting for 83% of the mapped total.

The Provo Police Department say automated license plate reader cameras help solve crimes and identify suspect vehicles, but some residents worry the technology raises privacy concerns and could be vulnerable to outside risk.

Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said he stands by the Metropolitan Police Department’s use of license plate reader cameras across the Las Vegas Valley, despite a growing nationwide movement to restrict the use of the cameras over privacy concerns.

On Paul Robeson Boulevard in New Brunswick, a small camera mounted to a slim pole tracks every car that passes. Two blocks west, another watches Remsen Avenue. Three blocks farther, a third records a quiet street of two-story homes from its perch across from a neighborhood bakery.

Foes decry them as warrantless mass surveillance but 20 police agencies statewide use them. The ACLU says “Get the Flock Out.”

The Homer Glen Village Board is reconsidering installing license plate reader cameras in town, two years after residents opposed them in an advisory referendum. Homer Glen Mayor Christina Neitzke-Troike said she felt there were misconceptions and rumors ...