by Check CU | Dec 30, 2023 | Latest Articles
Sample images from University of Illinois license plate readers, as well as their locations According to a determination issued by the Illinois Attorney General, the University of Illinois violated state law when they refused to provide information about their...
by Check CU | Jun 2, 2022 | Latest Articles
Tracy Chong (author of CU Perspective) interviews a Flock Safety employee as he installs a license plate reader at the intersection of Windsor & Galen in Champaign, IL Residents of Champaign have likely started to notice the dozens of automatic license plate...
by Check CU | Mar 30, 2022 | Latest Articles
One of more than a dozen automatic license plate reader (ALPR) installations in the Village of Rantoul, Illinois. The Village of Rantoul, Illinois has asserted for the second time that they are permitted to keep locations of automatic license plate readers a secret...
by Check CU | Mar 20, 2022 | Latest Articles
Check CU has received data from the City of Decatur showing all of their automatic license plate reader (ALPR) locations, as well as sample images from each camera. ALPRs were unanimously approved by the Decatur City Council in March of 2021, making them one of...
by Check CU | Feb 27, 2022 | Latest Articles
Urbana City Council members Shirese Hursey and Chaundra Bishop, along with Deputy Chief of Police Richard Surles and Deputy Fire Chief Kent Demond Dade at the February 22nd, 2022 City Council Study Session Urbana, Illinois Alderperson Shirese Hursey showed what can...
by Check CU | Jan 17, 2022 | Latest Articles
(click image to view full 3 page PDF) As public bodies in Champaign County, such as the City of Urbana, City of Champaign, the Champaign Sherriff’s Office, and the University of Illinois continue to consider and implement automatic license plate readers (ALPRs), the...
by Check CU | Nov 17, 2021 | Latest Articles
A Flock Safety automatic license plate reader (ALPR) failed to capture this motorcyclist passing by, along with hundreds of other vehicles On October 17th, Check CU visited the Village of Rantoul to observe the automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) that had been...
by Check CU | Nov 14, 2021 | Latest Articles
A clip from a presentation given by Police Chief Bryant Seraphin and ALPR salesman Dan Murdock at the September 20th Urbana City Council meeting (yellow highlighting added by Check CU) When Urbana Police Chief Bryant Seraphin and a representative from automatic...
by Check CU | Nov 14, 2021 | Latest Articles
During the past two months, the City of Urbana and the City of Champaign have held a number of meetings wherein the use of automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) have been discussed. One issue that has been raised numerous times is the failure of normal...
by Check CU | Nov 14, 2021 | Latest Articles
Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) photos provided by Rantoul Attorney David Wesner in response to a FOIA request (click image to see all 68 images in higher resolution) Nearly two months after Chief Bryant Seraphin pushed for the installation of automatic license...
by Check CU | Oct 10, 2021 | Latest Articles
At the September 20th City Council meeting the Urbana Police Department (UPD) presented their desire to deploy a network of expensive license plate cameras for the stated purpose of solving violent crimes. These automatic license plate readers (ALPRs)...
by Check CU | Oct 10, 2021 | Latest Articles
Urbana’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) proposal, initially presented to the City Council on September 20th, has been tabled by the Committee of the Whole (COW) for the time being. At the October 4th COW meeting, some members expressed concerns about the...
by Check CU | Oct 4, 2021 | Latest Articles
An example license plate capture which flags a driver as a “NON RESIDENT” which has been “Seen 3 times in last 30 days” (image from Flock Safety website) At the September 20th City Council meeting the Urbana Police Department (UPD) presented...
by Check CU | Oct 3, 2021 | Latest Articles
Dan Murdock, a salesperson for ALPR supplier Flock Safety, at the September 20, 2021 Urbana City Council meeting During the September 20th Urbana City Council presentation on automatic license plate readers (ALPRs), a number of issues were raised about the lawfulness...
by Check CU | Oct 2, 2021 | Latest Articles
Urbana City Council members ask questions on September 20th after a presentation urging them to vote for spending on Automatic License Plate Readers to be distributed throughout the City At the September 20th City Council meeting the Urbana Police Department (UPD)...
