Related Content: Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs)
In her new podcast, Mystery Show, Starlee Kine launches hilariously meandering investigations into the types of quirky, personal mysteries that, while seemingly inconsequential, tend to eat at the edges of a person’s mind. This week, Starlee pursues the question: what’s the story behind the “ILUV911” vanity license plate...
Virginia may be home to the Central Intelligence Agency, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the FBI National Academy, but it could also soon be home to some of the toughest regulations on local law enforcement use of surveillance technologies.
All lawmakers need to do is stand up to...
Police practices came under intense public scrutiny in 2014, as citizens raised further questions about the use of mass surveillance technologies and deadly force. From Ferguson to New York City, from Alameda County to Tucson, watchdogs have sought records to hold law enforcement agencies accountable for abuses. As one might...
Amicus Brief filed on behalf of Northern California Chapter of Society of Professional Journalists in support of EFF and ACLU-SoCal’s appellate petition for writ of mandate in our case seeking access to a week’s worth of Los Angeles law enforcement ALPR license plate data.
Amicus Brief filed on behalf of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Los Angeles Times, California Newspaper Publishers Association, Californians Aware, and the McClatchy Company in support of EFF and ACLU-SoCal’s appellate petition for writ of mandate in our...
Police cars mounted with automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) wind their way through the streets of Oakland like a “Snake” game on an old cell phone. Instead of eating up pixels of food, these cameras gobble down thousands of license plates each day. And instead of growing a longer tail,...
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