I wasn’t able to make Tuesday’s meeting, but I heard from a couple of sources that the Taos County Board of Commissioners pulled from the agenda the state’s request for a memorandum of understanding to install automated license plate readers around the county. That means there was no vote to consider the MOU.
It’s unclear what this means at this point, but thanks is due to all those who spoke up at the meeting and reached out to the officials beforehand. I think there was a good chance this would’ve been green lit without much thought if it weren’t for all the attention from the public. I’ll continue to keep tabs and report out as I learn more.
Elsewhere
Meanwhile, it looks like Los Alamos County is trying to get ahead of the ALPR controversy by teaming up with Axon Enterprise employees to give a presentation on the technology. A Facebook post yesterday started off by saying the police are “excited” to invite the public to the meeting, which will be later this month.