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I get the vibe they're using ALPRs to identify drivers, and then going from there to find crime? Seems like criminal investigations should start with an actual crime. At the minimum, I would think that there would need to be some suspicion of criminal involvement to obtain a warrant to get financial records. Apparently this administration considers driving down the interstate suspicious enough to toss the constitution out the window.


We've long since transitioned away from "identify the crime and find the person" Law Enforcement to "target the person and find a crime" Law Enforcement.


At long last we have achieved equality. Now everyone can know what it's like to be pulled over for DWB!


>I get the vibe they're using ALPRs to identify drivers, and then going from there to find crime?

This has gone on for a LONG time, but the change to empower it with AI tools that are presumed accurate is the new amplification.


The article doesn't seem to explain why the BP targeted these folks and not other license plates gathered by the reader. Presumably there's some pattern, right?




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