Diamondr54, I am an upstanding citizen, have never been arrested and in all my years of driving only had 1 speeding ticket. However, this technology could, and most likely will, be abused and is in an infringement on our rights as citizens as it allows officers to, for lack of a better word, "tag" you if they so choose. If you just give and give and give people will continue to take your civil liberties. It might not be today, a year, or a decade but eventually they WILL get to something you care about and by then it might be too late.
This type of technology should be illegal. The representative stated that it prevented profiling and unwarranted traffic stops. However, in the short segment before this was stated it clearly showed an officer finding a license plate and placing comments on it which then could generate an alert each time this license plate is seen by the system.
Not only will this be used by these officers to stop people with warrants and felonies, but it will also be used to keep "watch" on cars or people they find suspicious or even worse, they don't care for. While it has never happened to me and I pray that it doesn't, I have had plenty of friends and family members who have been stopped without reason by the Hamilton County Sheriffs for "suspicious reasons". I can only imagine that this technology will be the cause of much more abuse of power.
This type of technology should be illegal. The representative stated that it prevented profiling and unwarranted traffic stops. However, in the short segment before this was stated it clearly showed an officer finding a license plate and placing comments on it which then could generate an alert each time this license plate is seen by the system.
Not only will this be used by these officers to stop people with warrants and felonies, but it will also be used to keep "watch" on cars or people they find suspicious or even worse, they don't care for. While it has never happened to me and I pray that it doesn't, I have had plenty of friends and family members who have been stopped without reason by the Hamilton County Sheriffs for "suspicious reasons". I can only imagine that this technology will be the cause of much more abuse of power.
Mobile cameras can spot stolen vehicles
Diamondr54, I am an upstanding citizen, have never been arrested and in all my years of driving only had 1 speeding ticket. However, this technology could, and most likely will, be abused and is in an infringement on our rights as citizens as it allows officers to, for lack of a better word, "tag" you if they so choose. If you just give and give and give people will continue to take your civil liberties. It might not be today, a year, or a decade but eventually they WILL get to something you care about and by then it might be too late.
Mobile cameras can spot stolen vehicles
This type of technology should be illegal. The representative stated that it prevented profiling and unwarranted traffic stops. However, in the short segment before this was stated it clearly showed an officer finding a license plate and placing comments on it which then could generate an alert each time this license plate is seen by the system.
Not only will this be used by these officers to stop people with warrants and felonies, but it will also be used to keep "watch" on cars or people they find suspicious or even worse, they don't care for. While it has never happened to me and I pray that it doesn't, I have had plenty of friends and family members who have been stopped without reason by the Hamilton County Sheriffs for "suspicious reasons". I can only imagine that this technology will be the cause of much more abuse of power.
Video: PlateScan technology
This type of technology should be illegal. The representative stated that it prevented profiling and unwarranted traffic stops. However, in the short segment before this was stated it clearly showed an officer finding a license plate and placing comments on it which then could generate an alert each time this license plate is seen by the system.
Not only will this be used by these officers to stop people with warrants and felonies, but it will also be used to keep "watch" on cars or people they find suspicious or even worse, they don't care for. While it has never happened to me and I pray that it doesn't, I have had plenty of friends and family members who have been stopped without reason by the Hamilton County Sheriffs for "suspicious reasons". I can only imagine that this technology will be the cause of much more abuse of power.