Why 🦀 TechPublicPolicy picked: Cities should not buy automated license plate readers. Where they still operate, courts and state legislatures must require police to get a warrant before searching stored ALPR data.

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  This is a policy-focused piece arguing for legal and regulatory restrictions on police use of automated license plate reader technology in the United States.

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