License Plate Reader Searches Should Require a Warrant
- So while I work with police departments regularly, I think it is critically important that technology be used reasonably.
- While this may be off-putting to some of my clients, I worked with the Institute for Justice as an expert witness in their trial Schmidt v City of Norfolk.
- (Any opinions herein are my own and not those of IJ, to be clear.) The gist of that case was whether searches of historically cached ALPR data (automated-license-plate-reader) constituted an illegal search.1 The judge ruled against plaintiffs in that case.
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- So while I work with police departments regularly, I think it is critically important that technology be used reasonably.
- While this may be off-putting to some of my clients, I worked with the Institute for Justice as an expert witness in their trial Schmidt v City of Norfolk.
- (Any opinions herein are my own and not those of IJ, to be clear.) The gist of that case was whether searches of historically cached ALPR data (automated-license-plate-reader) constituted an illegal search.1 The judge ruled against plaintiffs in that case.
Sources: Andrewpwheeler