AUSTINTOWN TWP., Ohio - Austintown Township trustees are considering putting cameras in their high crime areas. The Flock cameras would be used by the police department to read license plates to place suspects at the scene of crimes. 

“Whether it's a theft, whether it's shooting, homicide, a robbery there's really no limit to what we can solve with these cameras,” Greg McGlynn, a Detective Sargent with the Austintown Township Police Department said. 

The camera would store data for 30 days then be completely deleted if not downloaded for a case. All of the video would be owned and managed by the Austintown Police Department.

“Their checks and balances in place in order to make sure that people are searching the right things at the right time, that theirs a case number associated with it,” McGlynn said. 

The same cameras are already used by Niles, Youngstown, Warren, Canfield city and township and Boardman Police Departments that are on 24/7 capturing everyone in the area.

Attorneys say departments that use the cameras must make a policy available to the public laying out what they will use the data for, how they will store it and who can access it.

“Whenever you're in a public place whether you're  driving or walking or just engaging somewhere that is a generally accepted public area like a park or a roadway you don't really have a reasonable expectation of privacy,” Zach Heck, an attorney with Taft Law said. 

A Virginia police department was recently sued for the use of their Flock cameras by residents claiming the camera violated their fourth amendment right that protects from unreasonable searches from law enforcement. They claim there are so many cameras in Norfolk that only a police warrant would allow them to be tracked that much. That case is still under review and a company spokesperson previously told NBC News that cases in other states found the license plate readers did not violate rights. 

Austintown Township is only looking into six cameras in undisclosed locations.

“We’re not out looking to see who's driving what way going to work, we're not looking to see who's taking this route on this day. We're using these solely to figure out who's fleeing a crime scene and who's involved in that crime,” McGlynn said.

The cameras would cost the township $56,000 for three years. Trustee Bruce Shepas said they will look into grants first but can use the police levy money if approved by all three trustees. 

The trustees will decide if they will get the Flock camera in the next few weeks. A company representative said it would take a few months to install them after an agreement.