Should cops be forced to release ALPR records?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California, having lost in the lower courts, filed their opening brief with the California Supreme Court late Monday, forcefully arguing that the millions of automated license plate reader records gathered automatically by police throughout the Golden State are not records of investigation. If they succed, California law enforcement agencies wii be forced to release all ALPR records.
Here is the reaction of a retired Texas state police official:
They are not records of an investigation until a hit comes up during an investigation.
License plates are public record used to identify vehicles. If civil liberties are being violated by reading license plates, maybe they should not be issued to vehicles.
Are they suing the toll roads too?
That would save a lot of money for the drivers and take a lot of money from the state.
Then we should make sure that no smart phones can be tracked by GPS. If you have a smart phone, I can locate you.
Let's also take all the GPS units and OnStar devices from vehicles. They can also be tracked by police and private companies.
While we're at it, we better unplug all smart televisions. We don't want to be observed sitting around the living room in our underwear.
The fact of the matter is, you can be tracked anytime unless you live off the grid and that's almost impossible to do.
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