[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

The bill doesn’t refer to other law enforcement endeavors that might require an unobstructed street view of parked cars — such as the use of license plate scanners. The American Civil Liberties Union asked the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office in 2012 whether it uses such devices — and what it does with any data it collects — but has not indicated any response.

There was a report on the news here that said repo men, cops, etc., were driving through parking lots and neighborhoods looking for cars whose owners were behind on payment, had unpaid traffic tickets, had warrants out on them, etc. They claimed that they had limited reasons for collecting the data, but the owner of the scanner company said the data could be retained indefinitely and put to use in all kinds of ways.

[Oatka]

There was a report on the news here that said repo men, cops, etc., were driving through parking lots and neighborhoods looking for cars whose owners were behind on payment, had unpaid traffic tickets, had warrants out on them, etc.

Some years back, a contract programming buddy of mine said that the cops patrolled the parking lot of the company he was working at, checking tags. They must have kept records, for if you were there more than 30 days, they fined you for not registering the car in Florida as a resident.