PROVIDENCE IS the latest Rhode Island community to install license plate cameras that police say can help solve crimes and deter criminal activity. /COURTESY AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF RHODE ISLAND INC.
Providence is installing 25 license plate cameras around the city, despite the objections of the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and some city councilors. The cameras, provided at no cost to the city for a one-year trial, capture images of license plates as cars pass by. The cameras are in use in…