LAREDO, Tex.

(KGNS) - Laredo activists are pushing back after Police Chief Miguel Rodriguez announced Monday, Aug. 31, during a special City Council meeting that the department will bypass a statewide funding pause.

License plate-reading cameras, known as Flock cameras, are located on Saunders Street, on the Texas A&M International University campus and at a gas station near Maria Luisa and Highway 359.