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That’s such a vague question as to feel either rhetorical or obvious. Can it be used for the stated purposes? Duh? Blatantly and obviously yes. WILL it be use

by tw04 2y ago

That’s such a vague question as to feel either rhetorical or obvious. Can it be used for the stated purposes? Duh? Blatantly and obviously yes. WILL it be used for such purposes? How could anyone here answer that? The fact it could be, and has very little useful other purposes should be enough to encourage everyone to ask for their removal. “But amber alerts” - ok so we violate the privacy of every American for an event that rarely occurs and won’t be prevented by this technology?

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phil21 2y ago
License plate readers are about the only tool law enforcement has in my area to combat armed carjackings which happen with regular frequency in my neighborhood since the pandemic. Those combined with police helicopters are the only way anyone is getting caught for this as chases are effectively banned. Before the deployment of this tech on major arteries there was effectively zero enforcement activity since nothing could really be done until it was far too late to matter. It’s a weekly occurrence now just in my small neighborhood I pay attention to. The social tenor with police is such that very few support more aggressive proactive policing so this is what we are left with. I don’t know what the correct balance here is, but saying they are only used for rare events is simply not true.
- tw04 2y ago
  > License plate readers are about the only tool law enforcement has in my area to combat armed carjackings which happen with regular frequency in my neighborhood since the pandemic. How on earth would a license plate reader prevent car jackings? The kids committing these crimes are almost universally under the age of 18 and get a slap on the wrist when caught which is why they’re doing it. A license plate reader won’t change any of that. The other avenue of professionals swap plates on the cars almost immediately negating anything a plate reader would do.
  - fragmede 2y ago
    Unless they're changing plates while speeding away, and if the cameras are giving real-time updates, it doesn't need to be the right plate, it just needs to be the same plate.
  - patrickhogan1 2y ago
    You may be right on the majority, but its still working on some https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/08/17/uc-berkeley-crime/berkeley-carjacking-suspects-caught-palo-alto-alpr-cameras/ https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/08/17/uc-berkeley-crime...

by tw04 2y ago

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phil21 2y ago

License plate readers are about the only tool law enforcement has in my area to combat armed carjackings which happen with regular frequency in my neighborhood since the pandemic. Those combined with police helicopters are the only way anyone is getting caught for this as chases are effectively banned. Before the deployment of this tech on major arteries there was effectively zero enforcement activity since nothing could really be done until it was far too late to matter. It’s a weekly occurrence now just in my small neighborhood I pay attention to. The social tenor with police is such that very few support more aggressive proactive policing so this is what we are left with. I don’t know what the correct balance here is, but saying they are only used for rare events is simply not true.

tw04 2y ago
> License plate readers are about the only tool law enforcement has in my area to combat armed carjackings which happen with regular frequency in my neighborhood since the pandemic. How on earth would a license plate reader prevent car jackings? The kids committing these crimes are almost universally under the age of 18 and get a slap on the wrist when caught which is why they’re doing it. A license plate reader won’t change any of that. The other avenue of professionals swap plates on the cars almost immediately negating anything a plate reader would do.
- fragmede 2y ago
  Unless they're changing plates while speeding away, and if the cameras are giving real-time updates, it doesn't need to be the right plate, it just needs to be the same plate.
- patrickhogan1 2y ago
  You may be right on the majority, but its still working on some https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/08/17/uc-berkeley-crime/berkeley-carjacking-suspects-caught-palo-alto-alpr-cameras/ https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/08/17/uc-berkeley-crime...