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Part of the problem is it leads to stuff like this: https://www.404media.co/footage-shows-cop-stalking-woman-he-met-on-a-tv-set-after-surveilling-her-with-a-li

Part of the problem is it leads to stuff like this: https://www.404media.co/footage-shows-cop-stalking-woman-he-met-on-a-tv-set-after-surveilling-her-with-a-license-plate-reader/ https://www.404media.co/footage-shows-cop-stalking-woman-he-... > The cop, Lamar Roman, wasn’t trying to pull over a suspected criminal. He was tracking and chasing a woman that he met and harassed on the set of the AppleTV+ show Bad Monkey, which he had worked a security detail shift on a few weeks prior to pulling her over. After meeting the woman, catcalling her and harassing her for her full name and Instagram details, the cop illegally looked up her vehicle information on DAVID, a Florida Department of Motor Vehicles database for law enforcement. He then put her license plate details on a surveillance “hotlist,” meaning he would get a notification in real time anytime she drove by an AI-powered license plate surveillance camera. Or this: https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/georgia-deputy-charged-with-using-flock-camera-personally-track-license-plates/VU5BJAI4VNBRFCLV7PDNHHOCOM/ https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/georgia-deputy-charged-with... Or this: https://fox11online.com/news/crime/tehrangi-chapman-milwaukee-police-department-detective-flock-cameras-license-plater-readers-stalking-misconduct-public-office-criminal-charge https://fox11online.com/news/crime/tehrangi-chapman-milwauke... Or this: https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2026/07/10/pasadena-police-sergeant-resigns-while-under-internal-investigation-council-member-cites-alleged-misuse-of-flock-camer/ https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2026/07/10/pasadena...

maxlybbert 3mo ago
That’s a valid concern. Of course, the example chosen for the article didn’t involve anybody abusing their authority. It involved police doing what I’d expect them to do. But I’ll acknowledge that if all of the relevant details were different, then I’d also be concerned.
- ceejayoz 3mo ago
  > I’ll acknowledge that if all of the relevant details were different, then I’d also be concerned. Relevant detail: Cops have done this with every new tech they're given.
scoofy 3mo ago
You are describing a crime. The solution to police committing crimes is police oversight, not neutering policing powers completely.
- nozzlegear 3mo ago
  IMO the solution is asking why police need these powers in the first place.
  - scoofy 3mo ago
    The executive branch is tasked with law enforcement.
    - nozzlegear 3mo ago
      That doesn't mean they need the latest and greatest surveillance tech.
- ceejayoz 3mo ago
  > The solution to police committing crimes is police oversight… Yeah, when we try that, they… commit more crimes. Riots: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrolmen%27s_Benevolent_Association_Riot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrolmen%27s_Benevolent_Assoc... Doxxing the mayor's kid: https://nationalpost.com/news/world/twitter-suspends-account-of-major-nyc-police-union-for-doxxing-mayor-de-blasios-daughter https://nationalpost.com/news/world/twitter-suspends-account... Or even bombing the mayor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_San_Francisco_Police_Department https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_San_Francisco_P... > The ACLU obtained a court order prohibiting strikers from carrying their service revolvers. Again, the SFPD ignored the court order. On August 20, a bomb detonated at the Mayor's home with a sign reading "Don't Threaten Us" left on his lawn. On August 21, Mayor Alioto advised the San Francisco Board of Supervisors that they should concede to the strikers' demands. The Supervisors unanimously refused. Mayor Alioto immediately then declared a state of emergency, assumed legislative powers, and granted the strikers' demands.
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maxlybbert 3mo ago

That’s a valid concern. Of course, the example chosen for the article didn’t involve anybody abusing their authority. It involved police doing what I’d expect them to do. But I’ll acknowledge that if all of the relevant details were different, then I’d also be concerned.

ceejayoz 3mo ago
> I’ll acknowledge that if all of the relevant details were different, then I’d also be concerned. Relevant detail: Cops have done this with every new tech they're given.

scoofy 3mo ago

You are describing a crime. The solution to police committing crimes is police oversight, not neutering policing powers completely.

nozzlegear 3mo ago
IMO the solution is asking why police need these powers in the first place.
- scoofy 3mo ago
  The executive branch is tasked with law enforcement.
  - nozzlegear 3mo ago
    That doesn't mean they need the latest and greatest surveillance tech.
ceejayoz 3mo ago
> The solution to police committing crimes is police oversight… Yeah, when we try that, they… commit more crimes. Riots: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrolmen%27s_Benevolent_Association_Riot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrolmen%27s_Benevolent_Assoc... Doxxing the mayor's kid: https://nationalpost.com/news/world/twitter-suspends-account-of-major-nyc-police-union-for-doxxing-mayor-de-blasios-daughter https://nationalpost.com/news/world/twitter-suspends-account... Or even bombing the mayor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_San_Francisco_Police_Department https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_San_Francisco_P... > The ACLU obtained a court order prohibiting strikers from carrying their service revolvers. Again, the SFPD ignored the court order. On August 20, a bomb detonated at the Mayor's home with a sign reading "Don't Threaten Us" left on his lawn. On August 21, Mayor Alioto advised the San Francisco Board of Supervisors that they should concede to the strikers' demands. The Supervisors unanimously refused. Mayor Alioto immediately then declared a state of emergency, assumed legislative powers, and granted the strikers' demands.
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