If license plate readers become real-time and effective, better still make, model, and color, then a lot of police chases will become more sedate. You can run but you can't hide. Bob Wilson
See a lot of deteriorating plates around here, I’m sure more than a few owners intentionally neglecting to replace. There’s not enough publicity on this: replacement is free. then there’s owners covering them with transparent, sometimes tinted, “protectors”. and then there’s owners with plates totally obscured by bike racks and the like. Signals covered too, as often as not. Licence plates peeling? ICBC says you can get them replaced for free ICBC: Insurance Corporation of British Columbia RCMP: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Flock camera systems are considered an invaluable part of our states law enforcement effort as well as may other states 'Game changer': Pa. PD's newly installed tech helps solve crime, enhances police response In an era of decreasing Law Enforcement Personal these type technologies are priceless and a required asset. One of the attributes of Flock Systems is they are paid for by individuals who don't follow the law and endanger others. A great way for a community to balance its budget and pay for civic projects is to use these systems for automatic ticketing and using the resultant revenues for improvements for law abiding citizens. In our area these camera systems were used to help capture a person who shot and killed a Deputy Sheriff. The video evidence was used in court and the convicted individual was given the death sentence.
".....ALPRs are a threat to your privacy and civil liberties. They're regularly used to track everyone's movements without a warrant, probable cause, or reasonable suspicion. Law enforcement agencies use them for various purposes, no matter how unethical, including ICE raids and tracking abortion seekers across state lines." Somehow? I do not think that this is what ALPRs are used for. I have mixed feelings. I drive a lot on the job, and just yesterday I learned that a co-worker was written up for a '5-over' ticket on the job - after 25 years of driving with zero incidents/accidents. Now? If somebody runs a red light and T-bones his car before the entry clears (6 months) he risks losing his job because of a pattern of incidents... I understand why my beloved company does this, but I also understand why some people have an anti-enforcement bias. I've known people who have been suspended or even fired following a deer-strike and another not-at-fault accident in the same year. SO.... There's a lot of the young'uns out there now wearing tinted and polarized license plates on their cars - which to me is pretty wonderful. It gives the LEOs an easy meal and allows me to drive my company car without worrying about revenue-only speed traps. NOW.... If we can just harvest more deer.
Does that mean you do think the two blue links in your quote are to stories on things that didn't happen?
