COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — As Columbus Police continue to credit the city’s license plate reader cameras for helping solve serious crimes, one local resident is raising concerns about privacy.

During Tuesday’s Columbus Council meeting, resident Matthew Gilbert voiced opposition to the city’s partnership with Flock Safety — an Atlanta-based company that provides police departments with real-time license plate reading technology.

“I say that outsourcing police work to private companies who are for the most part data retention companies and data brokers is lazy police work and results in loss of freedoms for the citizens,” Gilbert told council members.

Columbus Police Chief Stoney Mathis acknowledged the privacy concerns but defended the technology, saying it has played a vital role in recent

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