All in all there are 15 cameras, owned and operated by the Douglas County Sheriff’s office, reading license plates just outside Omaha.

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And the sheriff wants to add 10 more within Omaha, sparking a major Big Brother debate.

Capt. William Niemack (Douglas County Sheriff’s Office): “It is oriented to crime. We've seen a rise in violent crime and we've seen a rise in property crimes, the high rate of auto theft. This system is not designed to monitor traffic, it's not traffic oriented, it's not recording traffic.”

Spike Eickholt (ACLU Nebraska): “What this program is, is a systematic surveillance of the people of Omaha. And it is 99 plus percent, people who are innocent of nothing.”

The added cameras need the go ahead from the Omaha City Council, and council members are also raising questions.

Republican Aimee Melton (Omaha City Council): “I'm a huge proponent of law enforcement. I want to provide law enforcement all the tools that you need, all the training that you need. This maybe is just going a little bit too far for me when it comes to individual liberties and our rights.”

Democrat Vinny Palermo (Omaha City Council): “When we talk about cameras, when we talk about being watched, go check any major intersection there is and there's cameras there. Go down any residential street in Omaha right now, there's ring doorbells everywhere. If you’re worried about cameras the only way you're not going to see one is stay home.”

According to the city-county deal, the Omaha Police Department would not get its hands on any of the license plate information, but critics argue there are no guarantees to who will or won’t see data stored in the cloud.

The council is scheduled to vote on all this Tuesday.