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Another Rhode Island municipality is adding Flock safety cameras, which are license plate-reading systems.
Providence and several suburban cities have the cameras in place to catch criminals.
The Portsmouth Town Council voted 5-to-1 in approval of a one-year pilot program.
Local authorities have said this year that the plate readers have helped recover stolen vehicles and led to arrests being made.
Police say it will also allow them to make quicker responses if there is a mental health need on Mount Hope Bridge, among other places.