HANCOCK — Just days after Baraga County decided not to go ahead with the use of Flock Safety License Plate Reader cameras, the City of Hancock is considering using them. At Wednesday’s meeting, council discussed the possibility of installing Flock Safety License Plate Reader cameras, which would take images of suspect vehicles. The cameras are capable of finding license plates as well as determining other vehicle characteristics such as colors and damages. Images taken then go into a database which can be shared with other communities utilizing Flock Safety to track the suspect vehicles.

While the cameras are currently not in use locally, crimes connected with Houghton County have been solved with the assistance of Flock Safety cameras used by other agencies. In addition to the City of Ha

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