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Hellion102792 t1_j0cimei wrote

Reply to comment by Beezlegrunk in Providence to install 60 more license plate cameras by Beezlegrunk

Cranston's shitty mayor has done the same thing. I don't even think they announced it, just one day these blacked out solar powered cameras started appearing and eventually someone reached out to a news outlet to find out. Police basically said "we need them to uh...solve crimes".

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Beezlegrunk OP t1_j0cm13k wrote

If Cranston's mayor is anything like Fung, he's not progressive. Meanwhile, Elorza is a darling of some on the left, who advocates hiring more police and putting license-plate readers everywhere — which are right out of the Republican policy playbook.

He's clearly studied Bill Clinton's "politics of gesture" and knows how to pander to different segments of the city, but in a cynical and contradictory way. I assume the mayor of Cranston doesn't act like a liberal to some constituents while being a conservative with others ...

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_j0djw8v wrote

Cranston definitely announced them before they showed up. They've also got a portal listing how much they've been used, which organizations have access, etc.

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