Legislation Killed Would Have Effectively Blocked Police LPR, Including Flock

https://ipvm.com/reports/bipartisan-alpr-amendment-killed

by jhonovich • 2 months ago

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firefoxd• 2 months ago

Is there an easier way to make this statement?

So did we kill a legislation that would have blocked Police license plate readers and Flock?

Or because the legislation is killed, we can block Police license plate readers and flock?

bee_rider• 2 months ago

From the article,

IPVM verified that a bipartisan amendment that would have effectively blocked police LPR programs nationwide was killed at a House committee markup on May 21, 2026.

Maybe the minimal edit is something like:

“Killed Legislation Would Have Effectively Blocked Police LPR, Including Flock”

FateOfNations• 2 months ago

It also would essentially have blocked all traffic enforcement cameras (red light, speed, bus lane, school bus passing, etc.) too.

ryandrake• 2 months ago

"Harry, I already said I liked it. You don't need to sell it to me!"

rayiner• 2 months ago

Enforcement cameras seem like the least objectionable thing police do. They catch law breakers without the possibility of violent confrontations with law enforcement or bias. Why do people object to that of all things?

SauciestGNU• 2 months ago

Fundamentally people don't like being held accountable for their "wrongdoing". My state banned automated traffic enforcement aside from very specific circumstances, but we're stuffed to the gills with Flock cameras.

chaps• 2 months ago

For folks wanting to answer this question, please ask yourself:

Which laws?

Where were the cameras installed?

Are the fines disproportionate?

Are subpoenas necessary to access footage/data? If so/not, who's accessed it?

Are there ways to FOIA the data to answer these questions?

dataflow2• 2 months ago

I don't know what people's reason is, but I can hazard some guesses. First one is basic disagreement with the laws themselves. For example: do you actually always obey speed limits everywhere? Would you appreciate law enforcement if you got a ticket every time you exceeded the legal limit?

fragmede• 2 months ago

The viewpoint is because the cameras are intentionally set lower than is reasonable in order to generate revenue, err, catch speeders.

There's a contingent of people on one side of the spectrum that wants to ban all cars ever. At the other end of the spectrum is the contingent that wants to go fast. Those two groups will never agree.

SoftTalker2• 2 months ago

You have a right to face your accuser before a jury of your peers. How do you do that when your accuser is a machine? Or a dog, for that matter.

KetoManx64• 2 months ago

Because the majority of the time they are enforcing laws that don't need to be enforced, and the enforcement of which is only to pad the pockets of the police force.

You misjudge your speed and end up going past right as the light turns red on an empty 4 way? Speeding ticket
Go up to 85mph to pass someone using the fast lane because people are going 77 MPH? Speeding ticket

Etc. Etc. Etc.

pimlottc• 2 months ago

"LPR", used 16 times in the article (including the title), stands for "License Plate Recognition"

SoftTalker2• 2 months ago

AI slop article.

arjie• 2 months ago

Okay so it reads:

A recipient of assistance under title 23, United States Code, may not use automated license plate readers for any purpose other than tolling.

Okay, I'm glad that's killed. I love the speed cameras near my home. And hopefully the future has every red-light backed by a red-light camera.

camkego• 2 months ago

The article contains the passage below twice. I mean how does that happen? No proofreading? Cut and paste editing. I am always surprised when I see this in professional new sources.

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That the amendment died quietly does not erase what its introduction signals: opposition to police LPR programs is reaching higher levels of the political agenda, and Flock is increasingly at the center of it.

Legislation Killed Would Have Effectively Blocked Police LPR, Including Flock

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