As public outcry over the proliferation of automated license plate reader systems grows and more cities cancel contracts with Flock Safety, states are stepping in. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced Thursday that she will review automated license plate reader systems. “We need a statewide approach to this issue,” she said in a press release. Mayes will analyze how the technology has been used, how it impacts Arizonans’ privacy and whether it infringes on Fourth Amendment rights for a report she will deliver to the state legislature and the governor’s office. “Cities and towns across Arizona have been grappling with these questions on their own, and that's part of why this review is needed,” Richie Taylor, communications director for the Arizona attorney general’s office, said in a Thursday email to Smart Cities Dive. “Issues of constitutional rights and privacy are too great to be decided in isolation at the local level. These are questions that deserve a coordinated, statewide approach.” Earlier this month, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced he is proposing legislation to ensure license plate readers are used solely for legitimate law enforcement purposes “without compromising individual rights,” Jackley said in a social media post that he is talking to legislators, law enforcement and other stakeholders about what should be in the bill. Governors are also weighing in. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said this week that license plate readers are “out of control.” He said he is reviewing New Hampshire laws that restrict use of the cameras in the state, according to the Wall Street Journal. “No one’s been stronger on law enforcement than me — but I don’t want to have this become a surveillance state,” he said in a Wednesday press conference. In an Aug. 7 letter to the Connecticut Police Officers Standards and Training