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Even if they stick to just plates, they're still abused: https://www.kwch.com/2022/10/31/kechi-police-lieutenant-arrested-using-police-technology-stalk-wife/ ht

• FireBeyond 2y ago
  > Private investigator Joseph Schillaci says while this situation needs to be addressed, he doesn’t see this situation being a common theme in police departments. Schillaci says public safety isn’t a concern. Hand-waved away. I wonder if Schillaci is an ex-cop. Also weird in this article is multiple quotes from people who are unrelated to the case and openly just guessing at the details: > "I don’t know how they’re charging with stalking," said O’Hara. "I don’t know the specifics of any of this we are just kind of guessing..." But this has always been a problem. My father worked in Australia for what would be something similar to the Marshals Service, and even 25 years ago this was an issue - one of his coworkers was reprimanded after a completely unrelated incident discovered that he'd routinely look people up via license plate information, including a young woman who'd just won a car in a lottery (and was pictured with said car with an uncensored plate).