In this 2015 image, a computer terminal displays a license plate captured by Automated License Plate Readers in California.
The information for the license plate data comes from commercial sources such as cameras from parking garages or repossession companies. The other source is law enforcement cameras that scan license plates. "Daily life decisions are often made in cars and tracking locations through automatic license plate readers could over time paint a clear picture of someone's personal life," Talla told BuzzFeed News."We oppose ICE’s access to powerful technology because it just fuels their deportation machine.
ICE encouraged officers and agents to request scans from local law enforcement agencies with a step-by-step guide on how to ask for the license plate information from local law enforcement officials and it appeared the efforts worked: over 80 law enforcement agencies agreed to hand over license plate scans to ICE officials, according to the documents.
Imagine my shock when, a law enforcement agency, actually has access to law enforcement records!
From where? Google perhaps you ignorant twits.... welcome to Orwells 1984!
Law enforcement has access to legal registration (i.e. ‘license’ plates)? Who’d have thunk?
Next you’re going to tell me they have access to the FBI criminal database.
My God. Can they look up fingerprint records, too?! 😂
Slow news day? All of law enforcement has this access. Buzzfeed if you don’t like the laws then change them. Driving a car is a privilege not a right. Same with registering a vehicle. Plain view doctrine, google it
This is news?
Well yeah
Law enforcement agency has access to law enforcement records, News at 11
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED LEARNING THE SOUGHT AFTER LANGUAGE OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS?
Duh
In case you didn’t know, those scans are taken of vehicles in public view. Therefore, there is no violation of 4th A. Also, cops are encouraged to scan random lic plates when they’re not busy. It sometimes leads to discovery of warrants. Scans are shared on a database.
HOW DARE A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY HAVE ACCESS TO SUCH INFORMATION! IT'S NOT LIKE LICENSE PLATES ARE DISTRIBUTED BY STATES! DONALD DRUMPF IS BEHIND THIS OUTRAGE I KNOW IT!!!
It’s clear no one in the comments have read the article. Also ICE needs to go away.
Hahahah i also hear the local pd has access to handcuffs
Duh....
It's almost as if they're a law enforcement agency. Documents also show ICEgov is responsible for apprehending thousands of human traffickers and rescuing thousands of women and children from sex trafficking.
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BREAKING: Police have tools to fight crime at their disposal
BuzzFeed must have some dumb readers if this is news.
You’re surprised by this? They’re law enforcement.
Wow! Just like every other law enforcement agency. You guys are killing it!