"The Central Marin Police Authority obtained funding for ALPRS by saying that the #ALPR would address roving criminals and possible terrorists operating in the Bay Area. But the relatively few hits were related to lost or stolen car cases". https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-05/license-plate-readers-catch-few-terrorists-but-lots-of-poor-people-of-color

In a month, El Cajon shared 12 million California license plate scans with police in #Texas putting people at risk for immigration, abortion care and gender care enforcement. Not passing #AB1463 is putting people at risk. #CALeg #ALPR https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2023-08-27/el-cajon-police-sharing-license-plate-data

San Diego's Association of Governments (SANDAG) sold access to their regional police #datasharing entity (ARJIS) to Customs and Border Control. #CBP Over 200 CBP agents have access to license plate scans collected by San Diego region police agencies and to the TACIDS facial recognition database. #ALPR #FacialRecognitionhttps://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/08/san-diego-data-border-patrol/

TX police pull a gun on a 12 year old after an automated license plate reader snafu. “I’m a basketball coach. Look at this bro,” he continues, as his son can be heard crying. Y’all put a gun on my son for no reason.” #ALPR https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/29/us/frisco-police-pull-over-family-gun/index.html

Rosenberg pointed to how cities like Oakland and Richmond have used license plate scanners for years. If these readers really stop and prevent crime,” she said, “then why on earth haven’t they been working in those cities?” #ALPR https://www.kqed.org/news/11956602/berkeley-approves-license-plate-reader-cameras-despite-privacy-concerns

Vehicle Sightings and #LicensePlateRecognition

#TLOxp Vehicle Sightings

Locate vehicles nationwide using license plate recognition data
#alpr #privacy #surveillance #tracking

https://www.tlo.com/vehicle-sightings

To say the least. Still flummoxed that the CA State Senate delayed #AB1463 for a year. Should have reined in automated license plate readers yesterday. There is no time to waste. #ALPR https://www.ocregister.com/2023/07/21/stop-sharing-out-of-state-plates-data/

This #AI Watches Millions Of Cars & Tells Cops If You’re Driving Like A Criminal

Artificial intelligence is helping cops look for “suspicious” patterns of movement, digging through license plate databases with billions of records. A drug trafficking case in #NewYork has uncloaked — and challenged — one of the biggest rollouts of the controversial technology to date
#alpr #privacy #surveillance #algorithm

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2023/07/17/license-plate-reader-ai-criminal/

#California #Cops Are Sending #LicensePlate Data To Anti-Abortion States
#EFF released a report that found 71 law enforcement agencies in 22 California counties shared #ALPR data with law enforcement in places like Texas, Idaho, Oklahoma and other states where not only is abortion illegal, but leaving the state to seek abortion care can be a crime. California banned the sharing of automated license plate readers with #lawenforcement outside the state in 2015. https://jalopnik.com/california-sends-license-plate-data-anti-abortion-state-1850614610

AI Watches Millions of Cars and Tells Cops If You’re Driving Like a Criminal
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2023/07/17/license-plate-reader-ai-criminal/
#ycombinator #Rekor #license_plate_readers #surveillance #westchester #new_york #artificial_intelligence #alpr #flock

#Sacramento #Sheriff is sharing license plate reader data with anti-abortion states, records show

In 2015, Democratic Elk Grove Assemblyman Jim Cooper voted for Senate Bill 34, which restricted law enforcement from sharing automated license plate reader ( #ALPR ) data with out-of-state authorities. In 2023, now-Sacramento County Sheriff Cooper appears to be doing just that
#abortion #privacy #surveillance

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article276848586.html

@Cyberop5 @KatM @br00t4c The law that stated license plate reader scans couldnt be shared out of state has been widely ignored for 8 years. Sacramento is one of many. By sharing, they mean letting other agencies look through their scans in the cloud. New bill #ab1463 aims to restate the law more clearly, put in audit requirements and dump all the non crime data after 30 days. #ALPR #privacy

Tuesday is the big day for #AB1463's final policy hearing in the Senate Judiciary committee. This bill would keep CA license plate reader scans IN California and purge scans of no interest to a criminal investigation after 30 days. #privacy #ALPR

#Berkeley folks: Police Accountability Board is holding an info/discussion session this week on city proposal to put more automated license plate readers on the streets. #ALPR

#LexisNexis Helps ICE #Spy, Track Cars, and Try to Predict Crime

ICE uses LexisNexis to track people's cars, gather information on people, and make arrests for its #deportation machine, according to a contract.
#privacy #surveillance #alpr

https://theintercept.com/2023/06/20/lexisnexis-ice-surveillance-license-plates/

Now is the time for CA State to solve the license plate reader problem. #ALPR This week, the #CAAssembly can vote for auditing, keeping scans IN THE STATE, and getting rid of them after 30 days if not connected to a crime. Tell your assemblyperson to vote yes on #AB1463

Civil Liberties Groups Demand #California Police Stop Sharing Drivers’ #Location Data With Police In Anti-Abortion States
#privacy #surveillance #geolocation #alpr #abortion

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/civil-liberties-groups-demand-california-police-stop-sharing-drivers-location-data

The mess that is automated license plate readers #ALPR is in the news again today. Tell your legislator support Oakland Privacy's sponsored bill #AB1463 with one easy click. Audits, 30-day purge and no out of state sharing without a warrant from a CA Court. Protects #abortion-seekers, #trans youth AND your #privacy. https://takeaction.salsalabs.org/AB1463/index.html

On the one hand, *something* has to be done. Oxford can't support the vehicle traffic it experiences today, and the amount of traffic is climbing. On the other hand, the protesters worried that the automatic license plate recognition (#ALPR) system would just be the start, and that the British state would eventually use its ubiquitous network of traffic cameras as a system of totalitarian control.

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Could license-plate readers put a dent in Palo Alto's property crimes? | News | Palo Alto Online |

City Council agrees to install 20 cameras on poles as part of new automated license-plate recognition system
#alpr #pruvacy #surveillance #paloalto

https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2023/04/03/palo-alto-leans-on-license-plate-readers-to-dent-property-crime