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Stationary cameras with this system may have been logging information incorrectly.

December 24, 2020 - 1:25 PM BOSTON - Massachusetts has ended the use of a controversial license plate surveillance system after discovering a glitch that caused inaccurate data to be recorded for more than five years, according to a report obtained by The Boston Globe. The inaccuracies were found in a network of mounted, fixed high-speed cameras installed by Massachusetts State Police that took photos of license plates of passing vehicles. The state’s Executive Office of Pu...

BOSTON — Massachusetts has ended the use of a controversial license plate surveillance system after discovering a glitch that caused inaccurate data to be recorded for more than five years, according to a report obtained by The Boston Globe. The inaccuracies were found in a network of mounted, fixed high-speed cameras installed by Massachusetts State […]

After finding glitch, Massachusetts suspends use of controversial camera system that lets police track cars Matt Rocheleau © John Tlumacki/Globe Staff The Massachusetts State Police use cameras to record the license plate number of every vehicle that goes over the Sagamore (above) and Bourne bridges, among other roadways. Massachusetts public safety officials have halted use of a controversial license plate surveillance system on roadways across the state after finding a glit...