Syracuse, N.Y. ― Syracuse Common Councilors are giving the city’s police department some time to find a new vendor for license plate readers before voting to remove the equipment currently installed due to privacy concerns.

Syracuse Common Councilors Jimmy Monto and Corey Williams agreed Monday to delay the vote on their proposal to revoke permission private company Flock Safety has to operate a camera network on city poles for the Syracuse Police Department.

However, the council did unanimously approve revoking permission for Flock to install two new cameras in the city right-of-way for Syracuse University, which recently launched a Flock network on its campus. The SU cameras on city property have not been installed, so the revocation does not affect the school’s existing camera netwo

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