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Washington County

Using license-plate readers · 1 agency documented

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Greenville Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety, SkyCop (Systems Technology Inc.)
Cameras
Count not documented
No confirmed count. In Sept. 2025 Chief Marcus Turner said the department planned 30 to 40 Flock cameras, and in Nov. 2025 he spoke of close to 40 more cameras citywide. Neither figure is a count of license plate readers specifically.
Contract
Flock Safety: term · from July 2025 · Greenville City Council approved a partnership with Flock Safety covering automated license plate readers, gunshot detection and public safety drones at a specially called meeting; amount and term not reported. (The Delta News, July 3, 2025; Delta Democrat-Times, July 3, 2025)
  1. May 21, 2019 The Greenville City Council approved a test run of SkyCop pole cameras from Systems Technology Inc. The Delta Democrat-Times reported that the units can carry license plate cameras linked to a database that flags expired tags, warrants and stolen cars. (Delta Democrat-Times, May 23, 2019)
  2. Feb. 2025 SkyCop cameras were being installed at locations around Greenville, with Main Street Greenville helping secure funding; no camera or plate reader count was given. (Delta Daily News, Feb. 27, 2025)
  3. July 2025 The city council voted at a specially called meeting to partner with Flock Safety for license plate readers, gunshot detection and drones; the mayor called it an investment in residents. (The Delta News, July 3, 2025; Delta Democrat-Times, July 3, 2025)
  4. Sept. 2025 Greenville police began installing Flock cameras, which the station said detect gunshots and read license plates. Chief Marcus Turner said 30 to 40 cameras were planned, with installation expected to finish by December, and he declined to disclose locations. (The Delta News, Sept. 17, 2025)
  5. Nov. 2025 Chief Marcus Turner said license plate readers are part of the city's Flock package alongside shot detection and a drone, that full installation was targeted for about the end of January, and that the system is not used for traffic enforcement. (The Delta News, Nov. 8, 2025)
  6. Nov. 2025 The city announced a Safe City initiative with Flock Safety covering license plate readers, cameras, audio detection and drones, with a phased rollout. (Delta Daily News, Nov. 20, 2025)
  7. Jan. 2026 Police said Flock cameras had been in the city for months and had helped with arrests; the chief said the system was not yet fully functioning and that drones would be operated from dispatch. (The Delta News, Jan. 15, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Council vote date comes from the weekday 'Thursday' in the July 3, 2025 Delta News article (likely July 3, 2025); recorded as 2025-07.
  • Installation and chief-interview dates are recorded as months because the articles describe ongoing work rather than a dated action.
  • No cost or contract term was found in any source opened. Flock transparency portal URL could not be opened (permission not granted).

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Statewide

  1. 2009 Mississippi's 2009 traffic-camera law, signed by Gov. Haley Barbour, bars counties and cities from installing cameras that automatically detect traffic violations; it passed the Senate 42-9 and the House 111-9. It does not expressly say whether cameras held by officers are covered. A 2025 bill, SB 2201, would have amended that law at Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-19. (Magnolia Tribune (republished by Clarke County Tribune), Jan. 23, 2025)
  2. Feb. 22, 2017 WDAM reported that, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Mississippi was not among the 12 states with plate-reader-specific laws. NCSL's current state-statutes page lists Mississippi as "No statute identified." (WDAM 7, Feb. 22, 2017; National Conference of State Legislatures, date not shown)
  3. Oct. 18, 2023 The Mississippi Department of Homeland Security awarded Starkville police a $30,000 grant to buy three more license plate readers, adding to two already in use, WCBI reported. (WCBI, Oct. 18, 2023)
  4. May 21, 2024 In an opinion to Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, the Attorney General's office said state law does not expressly bar municipalities from using automatic license plate readers to verify motor vehicle insurance, that Department of Public Safety insurance-verification data may go to private entities if DPS authorizes it, and declined to opine on fee splits. The opinion does not address retention of reader data. (Mississippi Attorney General's Office, May 21, 2024)
  5. 2025 SB 2430 (Sen. Seymour, 2025) would bar counties and cities from using automated recording equipment that photographs rear plates to enforce motor vehicle liability insurance and require removal of such systems by Oct. 1, 2025; it has no retention or sharing provisions. Final status was not confirmed from an opened page. (Mississippi Legislature, Jan. 2025)
  6. 2025 HB 1709 (Rep. Holloway, 2025) proposed a $430,000 appropriation to the City of Carthage for its police department, including $325,000 for crime-prevention programs such as buying, installing and running license plate readers and live cameras. Whether it passed was not confirmed. (Mississippi Legislature, 2025)
  7. Jan. 2025 Two 2025 bills addressed officer-operated traffic cameras: SB 2201 (Sen. Joey Fillingane) would extend § 17-25-19 to manually operated recording equipment, and HB 1090 (Rep. Charles Blackwell) would require officers using such equipment to verify who was driving. The report followed Moss Point and Hattiesburg agreeing in fall 2024 to let officers use handheld radar cameras. (Magnolia Tribune (republished by Clarke County Tribune), Jan. 23, 2025)
  8. Jan. 10, 2025 HB 528 (Rep. Massengill) would have amended § 17-25-19 to bar camera or plate-recognition traffic enforcement by cities and counties, allowed police-owned mobile plate readers under conditions (a published written policy covering retention and sharing, annual audits, no stop on a reader hit alone, use limited to law-enforcement purposes), and required indefinite logs of who accessed data. It was referred to Judiciary B on Jan. 10, 2025, and died in committee Feb. 4, 2025. (Mississippi Legislature, Jan. 2025; Plural Policy (Open States legislative data), date not shown)
  9. 2026 A resident-started online petition seeks a statewide ban on license plate readers and Flock cameras in Mississippi and had more than 200 signatures, RHCJC News reported. (Mississippi Free Press (republishing RHCJC News, CC BY 4.0), Oct. 1, 2026)

State agencies

Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Office of Homeland Security

Status
Program documented, current use unconfirmed
Vendors
Vendor not named in source
Cameras
19
19 fixed plate readers statewide, per WDAM's Feb. 22, 2017 report; no newer count found.
  1. Feb. 22, 2017 WDAM reported the office operated 19 fixed plate readers around the state and purged data after 180 days. It also reported that a Hattiesburg police reader trailer bought with a $40,000 state grant would send data to the office. (WDAM 7, Feb. 22, 2017)
  2. Oct. 2023 WCBI reported Starkville police had received a $30,000 state homeland security grant to buy plate readers and planned to add three to the two it already ran. (WCBI, Oct. 18, 2023)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Status unconfirmed: no source within the last 12 months shows the fixed readers still in use.
  • WDAM named Vigilant Solutions only in connection with Lamar County, not this office, so vendor is unspecified.
  • Grant-making to local agencies is recorded as context; local recipients are leads for regional researchers.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Mississippi Highway Patrol

Status
Program documented, current use unconfirmed
Vendors
Vendor not named in source
Cameras
3
Three mobile plate readers, per WDAM's Feb. 22, 2017 report; no newer count found.
  1. Feb. 22, 2017 WDAM reported the Highway Patrol had three mobile plate readers and followed Department of Public Safety retention policy. (WDAM 7, Feb. 22, 2017)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Nothing found from the last 12 months on MHP reader use, contracts or I-55/I-20 cameras.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.