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Law enforcement agencies across California have routinely made data they collect from automated license plate readers available to federal and out-of-state police departments, despite guidance ...
Last year a Sacramento grand jury found that the Sacramento Sheriff's Office was sharing license-plate reader data with law enforcement agencies in states that criminalize abortion, even though ...
A Sacramento County grand jury investigation into the use of license plate readers by local law enforcement accuses the Sheriff’s Office of violating California law in its handling and oversight ...
Flock has defended itself against "myths" about license plate readers. [52] Although Flock Safety claims their cameras reduce crime, opponents argue that there is no clear evidence for this. [53] In 2023, Atlanta police (Cobb County) credited a Flock license plate recognition system for helping them track down a gunman. [54]
The software aspect of the system runs on standard home computer hardware and can be linked to other applications or databases.It first uses a series of image manipulation techniques to detect, normalize and enhance the image of the number plate, and then optical character recognition (OCR) to extract the alphanumerics of the license plate.
Nearly two months after the San Francisco Chronicle revealed that the Sacramento Police Department is sharing automated license plate reader (ALPR) data with out-of-state law enforcement agencies ...
The sheriff's and police departments shared license plate information and perhaps even more sensitive materials with out-of-state agencies, against state privacy protocols, Sacramento County's ...
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