A group filed a federal lawsuit Monday suing Norfolk for the city’s use of Flock cameras — automatic license plate readers that can track a vehicle’s movements through the city and beyond.
Norfolk installed 172 of the cameras last year, and the devices have proliferated throughout Hampton Roads, with over 450 of them in the region. Police and prosecutors laud the advanced ability to track vehicles associated with crimes or missing people, but the cameras raise privacy concerns.
The lawsuit, filed by the nonprofit law firm Institute for Justice representing two local plaintiffs, argues Norfolk’s use of Flock cameras violates Fourth Amendment privacy rights…