AI license plate cameras tore this town apart and led to a state of emergency (opens in new tab)

> Last month, Mayor Carmella Mantello, flanked by officers in blue, accused the city council of “defunding” the police and declared a state of emergency to keep the cameras running, a designation usually reserved for floods and blizzards. “I will not put our city in jeopardy and take these cameras away,” she said. The lengths that this Mayor goes to to keep the cameras on raises suspicion.

I had to navigate around Troy when visiting Vermont because of these cameras. It wasn't trivial due to the river crossing.

There's a very small number of people committing crimes worthy of these cameras, and there's also a small number of people not willing to do business with clients of camera purveyors.