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License Plate Searches Under Fire | Lexington News
Lexington police have racked up over 266,000 license plate searches in just two years — but audits meant to monitor this are disappearing, with early records vanishing from the city’s website. A group of Democratic Socialists is demanding the city scrap its camera contract and erase all collected data, as a Shively officer was recently charged for misusing the system to harass a woman with thousands of searches. Meanwhile, available audits reveal a troubling trend: while total searches surge, only 60 are reviewed per quarter — meaning oversight is falling behind. The system’s own alert…
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