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While automated license plate readers aren't on the ballot, voters will decide on candidates running for several offices that can influence decisions about cameras in their communities.

Email conversations between local police departments and Flock Safety representatives show the strategies used to convince elected officials.

Instead of cutting ties with Flock Safety, the city council voted to continue having conversations about automated license plate readers.

Council members may vote to terminate the contract, keep the bags over the automated license plate readers and wait, or turn them back on.

Cincinnati Council members largely praise police use of surveillance technologies, but will soon consider restrictions on data retention and sharing.

Another Tri-State law enforcement agency is ending its use of Flock cameras as concerns over data safety and surveillance grow.

Mayor Mark Messer sent Flock Safety a letter with 54 questions, but the company did not respond within the requested 21 days.

Commissioners voted to approve a 10-year contract without automated license plate readers. The contract still includes one drone — the first for the city.

The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office is pausing use of its 75 Flock Safety cameras starting Thursday, amid growing scrutiny over the automated license plate readers.

Fort Thomas has joined other Northern Kentucky cities in announcing it will remove all Flock Safety cameras in the city.