City leaders are pressing forward with an expansion of license plate recognition cameras, adding new installations along Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway and other major corridors, according to planning documents filed with the city.

The cameras, provided by Atlanta-based Flock Safety, are being deployed on behalf of the Maricopa Police Department. Approved right-of-way permits and traffic control plans show cameras will be mounted on poles with solar panels and external battery packs. The new camera will be installed at MCG and Murphy Road , near Hickman’s Egg Ranch.

This camera marks 45 total in Maricopa city limits, up from 32 cameras two years ago.

The at-times controversial cameras are a critical tool for investigations, not surveillance, said Maricopa Police Chief Mark Goodman.

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