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If you enter New Mexico then exit New Mexico three days later you are at high risk of being pulled over several states away due to ALPRs "I ran his vehicle thr

If you enter New Mexico then exit New Mexico three days later you are at high risk of being pulled over several states away due to ALPRs "I ran his vehicle through a License Plate Reader, and it showed his vehicle traveled through New Mexico westbound and back eastbound in New Mexico three days later." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S06KOykIAV4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S06KOykIAV4

jeffbee 2y ago
"High risk" or it happened exactly once?
- greenavocado 2y ago
  If you dig deeper on the net you will see ALPRs are used to trap many people. It's not going to be widely publicized, just like nobody is going to loudly proclaim their use of Stingrays
dghlsakjg 2y ago
The bigger issue here is the use of drug sniffing dogs as probable cause. These dogs aren't tested for accuracy by any sort of independent auditor, and it is clear that in many cases they are really just being used for fishing expeditions. In this case the dog theoretically alerted on amphetamines, which are not always illegal since there are numerous prescribable versions of amphetamines. The rest of the "probable cause" wasn't indicative of any crime in particular (traveling to Oklahoma and New Mexico is hardly proof of anything). OTOH, if you are going to be traficking drugs for a living, don't leave duffel bags in plain sight, and use your turn signal.
- greenavocado 2y ago
  They pulled him over for a completely bogus reason. They were going to search him no matter what. Concealment would do nothing since they were already dead set on searching the car.
  - trogdor 2y ago
    In cases like those, police are almost always on information obtained from an informant. They are looking for the specific vehicle, they are intend to stop the vehicle, and they are going to run a drug dog around the vehicle — because they know it is being used for drug trafficking. It’s not a random stop.
    - dghlsakjg 2y ago
      You likely don't need a drug dog if you have other probable cause like a named informant, and a car full of duffel bags.

jeffbee 2y ago

"High risk" or it happened exactly once?

greenavocado 2y ago
If you dig deeper on the net you will see ALPRs are used to trap many people. It's not going to be widely publicized, just like nobody is going to loudly proclaim their use of Stingrays

dghlsakjg 2y ago

The bigger issue here is the use of drug sniffing dogs as probable cause. These dogs aren't tested for accuracy by any sort of independent auditor, and it is clear that in many cases they are really just being used for fishing expeditions. In this case the dog theoretically alerted on amphetamines, which are not always illegal since there are numerous prescribable versions of amphetamines. The rest of the "probable cause" wasn't indicative of any crime in particular (traveling to Oklahoma and New Mexico is hardly proof of anything). OTOH, if you are going to be traficking drugs for a living, don't leave duffel bags in plain sight, and use your turn signal.

greenavocado 2y ago
They pulled him over for a completely bogus reason. They were going to search him no matter what. Concealment would do nothing since they were already dead set on searching the car.
- trogdor 2y ago
  In cases like those, police are almost always on information obtained from an informant. They are looking for the specific vehicle, they are intend to stop the vehicle, and they are going to run a drug dog around the vehicle — because they know it is being used for drug trafficking. It’s not a random stop.
  - dghlsakjg 2y ago
    You likely don't need a drug dog if you have other probable cause like a named informant, and a car full of duffel bags.