License Plate Reader Cameras

At a glance

• What: The city's license-plate-reader cameras and a research subscription about them.
• Where it stands: A speaker criticized the cameras during courtesy of the floor on 2026-09-02; on 9/16 council passed R111, a $10,000 subscription to IPVM research that the agenda describes as license-plate-reader advisory, 7-0.
• Next: Not stated in the sources read.

Details

• The details of the critique were not read; only its subject appears in the minutes skimmed.

Sources

• Agenda of 2026-09-02 (City Council): https://allentownpa.legistar1.com/allentownpa/meetings/2026/9/6099_A_City_Council_26-09-02_Meeting_Agenda.pdf
• Minutes of 2026-09-02 (City Council): https://allentownpa.legistar1.com/allentownpa/meetings/2026/9/6099_M_City_Council_26-09-02_Minutes.pdf
• Agenda of 2026-09-16 (City Council): https://allentownpa.legistar1.com/allentownpa/meetings/2026/9/6112_A_City_Council_26-09-16_Meeting_Agenda.pdf
• Minutes of 2026-09-16 (City Council): https://allentownpa.legistar1.com/allentownpa/meetings/2026/9/6112_M_City_Council_26-09-16_Minutes.pdf

Log

2026-09-16 - City Council

• R111 ($10,000 IPVM research subscription) passed 7-0.

2026-09-02 - City Council

• Courtesy-of-the-floor comment criticizing the cameras.