Plans for more cameras in the Metro, reading license plates, have been scuttled.

As we’ve been telling you the Douglas County Sheriff’s office which has 15 of the cameras just outside Omaha, wanted to add 10 more within the city limits.

The sheriff said the cameras were to stop crime and not to keep an eye on drivers.

But questions about Big Brother could not be avoided. 

Republican Aimee Melton (Omaha City Council): “I'm a huge proponent of law enforcement," Melton said last week. "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.”

At Tuesday’s council meeting the Sheriff backed off and pulled the request for more cameras.

We’re told that had there been a vote the cameras would have been denied.