Cuyahoga County has at least 1,717 automated license plate readers, with 1,106 owned or leased by government entities.

It is 3 a.m. The radio crackles with a partial license plate number and a vague description of a sedan that just fled a ...

Cuyahoga County has over 1,700 license plate readers, mostly leased. Surrounding cities have at least another 492.

Privacy advocates are arguing the information is being used for other purposes, too.