🌱 Patch AM: How Manhattan’s license plate cameras help police—and where abuse can start.

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In today's newsletter:

• How Manhattan's license plate cameras help police—and where abuse can start.

Also on today's calendar: Our Voices, Our Minds: Bipoc Youth Navigating Discrimination In Education and 12 more events.

Today's riddle: What do an island and the letter "t" have in common? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 71 and low of 59 degrees.
• Monday: Breezy with a few showers, temps: high: 65, low: 55.
• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, showers around, with a high of 64 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Police say Flock is invaluable. But as misuse mounts, many wonder how to rein in the surveillance system (dailyrecordnews.com) — Manhattan's police chief says the village's roughly 15 Flock license plate cameras have become crucial for speeding up investigations and finding missing residents, but he also backs strict oversight and zero tolerance for abuse. The broader region is wrestling with mounting misuse cases, new state-level proposals to tighten rules, and neighbors who see the fast-growing surveillance network as both a powerful crime-fighting tool and a serious privacy risk.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Manhattan

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday September 23
• Our Voices, Our Minds: Bipoc Youth Navigating Discrimination In Education →
  North Central College, 131 S Loomis St, Naperville
  5:00 pm
Saturday September 26
• Free Shredding Event and Food Drive! →
  550 W North St, Manhattan
  9:30 am
• Fall Family Day →
  20601 LaGrange Rd, Frankfort
  10:00 am
Saturday October 17
• Bootanical Bash - Bingo & Costume Contest →
  20601 LaGrange Rd, Frankfort
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday September 21
• Boys Volleyball vs. Troy (Away)
  Troy Middle School, 5800 Theodore St, Plainfield
  4:30 pm
Tuesday September 22
• Teen Volunteering →
  Manhattan-Elwood Public Library District, 240 Whitson Street, Manhattan
  4:00 pm
• Cross Country vs. Summit Hill, Mokena, Homer
  Heritage Park, 14240 W 151st St, Homer Glen
  4:15 pm
Wednesday September 23
• Boys Soccer vs. Hickory Creek (Away)
  Hickory Creek Middle School, 22150 S Owens Rd, Southwest Suburbs
  4:00 pm
• Boys Volleyball vs. Liberty (Away)
  Liberty Junior High School, 151 Lenox St, Southwest Suburbs
  4:15 pm
• Restorative Yoga and Soundbath →
  Manhattan-Elwood Public Library District, 240 Whitson Street, Manhattan
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 24
• Boys Soccer vs. Homer (Away)
  William E. Young School, 16240 S Cedar Rd, Homer Glen
  4:30 pm
Friday September 25
• Summer Storytime →
  Manhattan-Elwood Public Library District, 240 Whitson Street, Manhattan
  10:15 am
• Stay and Play →
  Manhattan-Elwood Public Library District, 240 Whitson Street, Manhattan
  10:45 am
Saturday September 26
• Recycled Craft →
  Manhattan-Elwood Public Library District, 240 Whitson Street, Manhattan
  10:15 am
• Teen Recycle Craft →
  Manhattan-Elwood Public Library District, 240 Whitson Street, Manhattan
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• McDonald's posted a job opening for 4 Gen Restaurants McDonald's Crew Members in Manhattan. Apply here.
• Phenom People posted a job opening for Merchandising Part Time Days in New Lenox. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Manhattan here.

🗞 Nearby News

New Lenox

• More Trouble At St. Joe's Hospital As Patient Attacks Female Employee, Second Worker Intervenes: JPD (patch.com)
• Lincoln-Way East students withdraw amid racist harassment case (audacy.com)
• Experience Life as a Celtic During a Providence Catholic Shadow Day (shawlocal.com)

Frankfort

• Frankfort, Illinois couple turned five acres into a farm with a life-changing purpose (cbsnews.com)
• 6 Lincoln-Way East students to leave school after racist behavior towards Homewood-Flossmoor students (cbsnews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They are both in the middle of water. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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