police state los angeles

[cheka.]

we're all palestinians

https://www.policeone.com/police-products/traffic-enforcement/articles/416065006-Calif-court-rules-LDR-data-cant-be-kept-private/

LOS ANGELES — The California Supreme Court decided Thursday that data from millions of vehicle license plate images collected by the Los Angeles police and sheriff’s departments are not confidential investigative records that can be kept from public disclosure.

The unanimous opinion came as civil liberties groups raise concerns about the increasing use of police cameras mounted on cruisers or street poles to take photographs of passing vehicles. The devices use software to almost instantly compare the plates with vehicles linked to crimes and the information can be stored for years.

[crimethink]

This ruling is actually in our favor, since the pig agencies will be forced to reveal at least some of the Secret Police tactics they've been using.

Of course, I'd have preferred the SCOC to have ruled the dragnets unconstitutional, but alas, this is better than nothing.

I've presumed they've been doing this on a large scale for a long time, since the technical ability become possible and cost-effective. I know down in Marin County one city was recording every plate that entered and exited the city for years now.

Only a matter of time before the characters are replaced with barcodes on the plates.