In other news, a national database tracking the movements of vehicles?
WSJ:
A federal agent proposed using license-plate readers to scan vehicles around gun shows in order to aid gun-trafficking investigations, according to an internal Justice Department email.
Justice Department officials said Tuesday that the 2009 proposal was rejected by superiors and never implemented. The email was part of a series of Drug Enforcement Administration documents describing how the agency is building a national database tracking the movements of vehicles in the U.S. The documents were obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union through a Freedom of Information Act request and reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
January 29th, 2015 at 10:30 am
How long until RFID in license plates? It seems so efficient that the GOP should have voted it in by now.
Maybe they’re holding out for the Dyna-Flo.
January 29th, 2015 at 10:30 am
I was driving a rental car the last time I was pulled over by my local police. The officer explained that the computer in her vehicle had alerted her, sitting across an intersection from my car, that my car carried no insurance.
So I was stopped for driving without insurance, without any other cause.
I showed the officer my rental papers and explained that Enterprise self-insures their fleet. The officer thanked me for that explanation, and we went our separate ways.
Plate scanners are real, are in use, and are really obnoxious when used to raise revenue by seeking out ticketing opportunities.
January 29th, 2015 at 1:44 pm
So what you are telling me, is that if I want to commit a crime or move about without being tracked, I need to borrow or steal a car from an undocumented worker?