Can't recall exactly where (wanna say it was a mid-Atlantic state) and too lazy to look up at the moment, but their state supreme court recently ruled the dual cameras mounted on the rear trunk hoods of police cruisers for the express purpose of license plate data collection was unconstitutional. It basically constitutes an illegal search of everyone, all the time without probable cause or court warrant.
Against storage/misuse of the data. Could be talked into keeping the scanners as sort of a virtual checkpoint, provided sufficient safeguards are in place. Right now it would seem awfully easy for a cop with a beef to blackmail or otherwise persecute someone he didn't like with this information. Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk
I just spent a week in Austin. According to my son, who lives there, there are literally hundreds, maybe thousands, of cameras spotted around Austin and surrounding areas, not only at intersections and parking lots, but on open stretches of streets and highways. The first thing that people know about their violations is the ticket/summons they get in the mail.
