[SlightlyLeftPad]

> “We were very disappointed,” Franklin said. “That means perpetrators of crime, people who are maybe engaged in domestic abuse or stalkers, they can request footage and that could cause a lot of harm.”

No concern over the dozens (or hundreds?) of cases of police or government employees themselves doing exactly what they’re afraid of here. Strange.

[randallsquared]

> No concern over [...] government employees themselves

Three paragraphs later someone else is paraphrased as including immigration enforcement agents among the problematic users, and in the current political environment, federal law enforcement being made more effective might be the real problem for state and local government.

[throwaway173738]

State and Local LE are also worrying. It’s common enough that they use these systems to stalk exes and such.

[sonzohan]

While I agree with the risks of DA/stalkers getting that data, this data is not known for being well protected against LoveInt. Quite the opposite it is usually sold on grey markets.

[throwaway173738]

They know, but if they acknowledge it it would make some people mad. Anyone who works with or it’s associated with ALPR knows why you have to have audit logging and access controls if you give law enforcement access to it.

[timschmidt]

Or for what can already be purchased from a data broker on the open market.