The cameras known as Automated License Plate Readers are described by many in law enforcement as essential in their work, and they have been proliferating over the last decade. ALPRs use software to scan the license plates of every passing car, recording the date, time, GPS coordinates and even pictures.
“The numbers of licenses scanned demonstrates the broad reach to surveil and see where someone is,” a spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union said about the 200 million plates logged last year. “It’s a lot of power.”
A man who was supposed to be on electronic monitoring for a slew of alleged crimes shot a gun into the ceiling of a Chicago restaurant last weekend while threatening five employees.
A man who was supposed to be on electronic monitoring for a slew of alleged crimes shot a gun into the ceiling of a Chicago restaurant last weekend while threatening five employees.