A plan to bring FLOCK cameras to Little Compton appears to be dead.

Five days after Little Compton town council members indefinitely tabled a proposal to purchase two of the controversial license plate-reading cameras, police chief Scott Raynes made it final Tuesday morning when he wrote that “we will no longer be pursuing the acquisition of the cameras.”

The chief’s statement appears to close the door on a plan that took a serious blow last Thursday, when town councilors voted to table discussion on the chief’s request indefinitely. Councilor Andrew Iriarte-Moore motioned for the plan to be tabled, it was seconded by Patrick McHugh and the vote was unanimous.

Raynes proposed the idea several months ago, saying he believed the automatic license plate cameras would be a valuable tool for crime prevention.

But residents who spoke Thursday evening disagreed, and the plan has also drawn criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union.

“The real cost is the lack of safeguards to protect our rights,” Little Compton resident Jay Miller said.

“Our Fourth Amendment rights are at risk,” added Tiverton resident V.A Lopes. “At any point, they can sell our data.”