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Deployment expandedRhode Island (statewide)

Rhode Island State Police to install 39 plate readers statewide under Flock contract

Published by
NBC 10 WJAR
Author
Maddie Heimsch
Date
Location
Rhode Island (statewide)
Status
Deployment expanded

Rhode Island State Police signed a $597,000 three-year contract with Flock for 39 automatic licence plate readers placed across the state. Captain Marc Alboum said the data will not be shared with other states or federal agencies, and that officers must supply a suspected offence, a case number and a search reason before querying the database. Two towns, Warren and Portsmouth, refused the state police request to site cameras in their jurisdictions, so the statewide network already has holes in it by local decision.

From the reporting

  • Contract: $597,000 over three years, beginning once all 39 cameras are installed.
  • Access controls described: a suspected offence, a case number and a search reason are required per query, and the system cross-references NCIC.
  • The data-sharing limit is a policy commitment by the agency, not a term a resident can independently audit. Several of the misuse cases on this desk involved agencies whose written policies also prohibited what happened.
  • Warren and Portsmouth declined to host state police installations.

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