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As Onondaga County braces for potential legal civil war, it’s already planning on being $500K in the hole on outside lawyers, comptroller says
57+ min ago (1255+ words) Both of the county's elections commissioners have been assigned lawyers. Neither has committed to suing the other....
Syracuse never posted its license plate reader policy. Chief Mark Rusin plans to change that before activating Axon readers
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (511+ words) Rusin said Syracuse polcie are working with Axon to meet requirements laid out four years ago by surveillance oversight experts....
Flock Safety removes its license plate readers, finalizing eight-month breakup with City of Syracuse
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (833+ words) Syracuse residents got closure this week in the city’s monthslong breakup with Flock Safety. The company on Wednesday confirmed that it had removed all of its 13 license plate readers from city property. The removal of Flock’s devices marks the end…...
State lawmaker Pam Hunter pushing to regulate license plate reader surveillance
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1237+ words) Hunter, the speaker pro tempore of the New York State Assembly, introduced a bill to restrict license plate readers....
Syracuse police used Flock Safety readers for nearly a month after readers were supposed to be taken down
3+ week, 6+ day ago (559+ words) A city law required Flock to take down its license plate readers by May 26. Syracuse police used the readers after Flock left them up....
Syracuse police ‘moved to unplug’ Flock Safety scanners months after revoking company’s privileges
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (849+ words) Syracuse Police Department officials on Thursday “moved to unplug” Flock Safety’s license plate readers, which remain on city property weeks after a May deadline for the company to remove its hardware, Chief Mark Rusin said in a statement. Lawmakers in…...
Albany reins in police collaboration with ICE but doesn’t ban informal cooperation
2+ mon, 38+ min ago (373+ words) Immigrant rights advocates hailed the new protections, which include tools for New Yorkers to push back against federal immigration enforcement, but decried state leaders’ failure to go further. “We will continue to fight to end this harmful informal collusion and…...
Syracuse lawmakers pass law banning biometric surveillance in public places
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (1003+ words) The Syracuse Common Council on Monday voted unanimously to ban biometric surveillance in most businesses in the city, earning applause from a handful of residents attending the afternoon voting session. The local lawmakers became some of the first in the…...
Syracuse lawmakers hear about dangers of biometric surveillance ahead of vote that could the ban technology
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (971+ words) Members of the Syracuse Common Council on Thursday identified concerns about unregulated biometric surveillance in a Thursday meeting of the council’s Finance, Taxation and Assessment committee. Councilors Corey Williams, Jimmy Monto and Chol Majok are sponsoring legislation to ban businesses…...
A Syracuse University DPS officer decertified after misconduct was hired again and again
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1700+ words) Editor’s note: This story is part of a series called Shielded From Consequence, looking at the decertification of law enforcement officers in New York. The series is produced in partnership with the USA TODAY Network-New York and Syracuse University. You…...