Bruce Blakeman
Role at the time: Nassau County executive
Defended or excused
Statement summary
Blakeman endorsed readers at the county boundary.
“We are installing technology along the border of New York City that will read license plates,”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Blakeman's border surveillance interviewFirst interview quotation identifying license plate reading technology
Blakeman spoke as Nassau County executive.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used 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.