After public comments raising privacy and misuse concerns and a lengthy discussion among commissioners about authority and legal risk, the county accepted an amendment to defer a proposed trigger ban on automatic license-plate readers until April.

A proposed resolution would ask neighboring cities to require search warrants for automated license-plate-recognition data and a separate 'trigger' resolution would ban ALPRs in Sullivan County when permitted; law-enforcement officials cited investigative benefits while some commissioners warned of privacy and legal risks.