Blakeman endorsed readers at Nassau County's boundary

Bruce BlakemanNassau County executive

Blakeman endorsed readers at the county boundary.

“We are installing technology along the border of New York City that will read license plates,”

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Open source (opens in a new tab)Blakeman's border surveillance interviewFirst interview quotation identifying license plate reading technology
A close view of a green Flock Safety automated license-plate reader mounted beside a street.
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Where this statement fits

Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?

Networked automated license-plate readers record passing vehicles and let agencies search or share travel records across locations. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to prohibit these networks, keep them with legal limits, or defend their use for investigations. This tracker records attributable positions on that choice, including proposals that would affect only public funding or data access.

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Reporting

Blakeman's border surveillance interview (opens in a new tab)First interview quotation identifying license plate reading technology

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Blakeman spoke as Nassau County executive.

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Before the quotation

Fox News published Blakeman's county-executive interview on November 24, 2025. The date shown here is the report's publication date; the recording date was not specified.

After the quotation

The passage concerns a county deployment.

How this statement is classified

Defended or excused

The label describes this statement's response within the context above.

Why this label?

Relative to continued networked surveillance, an affirmative deployment commitment supports keeping the technology. This is a dated local position, with no statewide remedy established.

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Gluba says Flock and other license plate cameras violate the Fourth Amendment and should be removed

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“They are a complete violation of community privacy and safety, they are in direct violation of the fourth amendment to the US constitution and should by law be removed immediately. They have been abused throughout the country by various LEOs and citizens alike as they have little to no security in their software. Every other day we see a new article about someone using a LPR camera system to spy on and track an ex girlfriend or boyfriend, or we see that someone has again used them to track children. They must be removed!”
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