L.A. City Council to Send You A Letter When Its License-Plate Readers See Your Certain Areas

driekus · Dec 1, 2015

The Los Angeles City Council thinks it would be a good idea to use license plate readers to send automated letters to people whose cars are seen by cameras in areas they believe to be used to solicit prostitution. These helpful prospective letters would warn the recipient that, well, the city knows they, or someone with access to their car, has driven or parked their cars in parts of the city where the city believes people often go to solicit prostitutes.
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Oh, and what happens to those records once they are committed to paper? As letters sent by the District Attorney or City Council, they would be rightly subject to Freedom of Information Laws. And mandatory retention periods that exceed those of automated license plate data, even though no investigation has been consummated.

Which means that, under Councilwoman Martinez’ scheme, anyone will be able to get a list of all vehicles driving in certain parts of town merely by requesting “all ‘John’ letters sent” between a date range.
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https://reason.com/blog/2015/11/30/la-city-council-wants-to-send-you-a-lett

Wow, I can think of few reason this is scary. My vehicle is in my wifes name. Imagine her getting letters saying I was in a prostitution area. My work is near one and I stop in the area to visit the convenience store. Lucky I dont live in LA

Krusty · Dec 1, 2015

Gees, I'm glad I'm not in the USA.

Isn't that an invasion of privacy, or something?

JRViejo · Dec 1, 2015

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