{"id":263543,"date":"2026-06-03T20:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/lubbock-license-plate-cameras-spark-privacy-debate\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T00:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T04:15:27","slug":"lubbock-license-plate-cameras-spark-privacy-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/lubbock-license-plate-cameras-spark-privacy-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Lubbock license plate cameras spark privacy debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox34.com\/2026\/06\/04\/lubbock-license-plate-cameras-spark-privacy-debate\/\">Lubbock license plate cameras spark privacy debate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox34.com\/2026\/06\/04\/lubbock-license-plate-cameras-spark-privacy-debate\/\">https:\/\/www.fox34.com\/2026\/06\/04\/lubbock-license-plate-cameras-spark-privacy-debate\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-03 20:53:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.fox34.com\">www.fox34.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Cameras at intersections across Lubbock are capturing images of license plates and storing them in a police database, a practice law enforcement says helps solve crimes, but critics call invasive surveillance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">For the past year, 27 cameras have monitored Lubbock streets, snapping still pictures of license plates as vehicles pass by. The images are stored in the Flock database, which Lubbock Police Department accesses for investigations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cFlock cameras are not surveillance. They are an investigative tool. We use them, I would say on a daily basis, to help solve cases,\u201d said Lt. Brady Cross.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Cross said the cameras help both identify suspects and clear innocent people from investigations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThey\u2019re a great, great tool and sometimes to find an offender as much to vindicate someone. To say it wasn\u2019t this person we thought it was \u2014 it goes both ways. But on a daily basis there are folks on patrol and in investigations that use these for leads in investigations,\u201d Cross said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Images not related to active investigations are purged every 30 days, according to police. If an officer finds a lead and identifies a car believed to be involved in a case, that image is saved longer for the retention period of that offense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cNow if an officer finds a lead and finds a car believed to be involved in a case, we\u2019ll save that and it will hang around longer for the retention period of that offense but by and large a car passing through an intersection if it\u2019s not related to anything we\u2019re looking into is purged every 30 days,\u201d Cross said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Texas Legislature banned red light cameras in 2019, after concerns they violated due process. Police said Flock cameras differ in how they are used.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s not for law enforcement in the sense that we\u2019re going to write a ticket or that we\u2019re going to punish a traffic violation for running a red light or speeding. 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