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SmartK9
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License Plate Readers
Mar 27 2026 12:24PM more by SmartK9
Tags: Inland Empire , Current Events (All tags)

I just read a very interesting article on the use of stationary (fixed) license plate readers that are currently in use in many California cities and some of you (myself included) were not aware of this law enforcement tool. Now we’ve all seen the cops cars with a cornucopia of antennas and sensors inundating their cars. Some of those items are license plate readers. So how do they work. A stolen vehicle’s license plate is entered into the stolen vehicle law enforcement data base. Officer Jones is just finishing up his double double burger and begins to pull onto the street when an alarm in his vehicle alerts him that a stolen vehicle just passed one of his scanners. His on board computer will tell him the direction of travel, full description and any other pertinent information.

SmartK9 has felony warrants (hypothetical people I got them all cleared up and did my time ALSO A JOKE) He is known to drive a particular vehicle. His license plate is entered into the database of wanted fugitives and I am toast or anyone driving my vehicle.

So your community MIGHT be installing these cameras on street light poles traffic signal poles, high crime rate area poles etc. Now they are recording constantly but only alert on vehicles entered into the database. So it allows law enforcement to look for suspect vehicles, a witness or a victim

Victim of human trafficking is known to be in a particular vehicle. That vehicle license plate
Is entered into the system and eventually stopped.

Also just an fyi at the border crossings license plated readers have been used for years along with facial recognition cameras.

Hope you find this of interest.
      
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rugmuncher
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Mar 27 2026 01:23PM     link to this

There is no privacy anymore. Act accordingly.
nerdyfix2.0
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Mar 27 2026 02:08PM     link to this

You can view open source locations of these cameras here https://deflock.org
SmartK9
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Mar 27 2026 02:45PM     link to this

I just viewed your source 2.0 and that is very interesting and scary to boot. If you haven’t reread (since high school) the novel by George Orwell 1984 you should. We are in the midst of it. Might read Animal Farm again as well . They’ll mean more now than in your high school days.
uprightfun
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Mar 27 2026 04:20PM     link to this

Do that reading now, before the books are banned.
Cruzader77
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Mar 27 2026 05:20PM     link to this

This isn't nearly as bad as other countries (not saying this is good, to be clear).

In Australia, the police cars have license plate readers too. They grab the license plate, look for more than just any crimes, they even look to see if your registration is up to date.

If your registration is expired, the officer gets a notification on his in-vehicle computer. He is then required to pull the car over and issue a fine. Or, if you're a repeat offender, they'll just tow you on the spot.

I'm fortunate we are where we are, but it's heading toward the direction I just mentioned.

tompetres
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Mar 27 2026 05:44PM     link to this

1984 wasn't meant to be an instruction manual, but here we are.
rugmuncher
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Mar 27 2026 09:50PM     link to this

Data is the most important commodity there is. Imagine if you had all the data in the world what you could do with it. Humans are incredibly predictable, and data helps you manage that. Sometimes the only predictable thing is that we are unpredictable and fuck shit up, but even that is a pattern you can recognize with data.

Everything revolves information today. The big companies are recording everything we do and running all these supercomputers to parse and slice and dice the data.

Like I said, act fucking accordingly.
billinirvine
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Mar 27 2026 10:04PM     link to this

These cams have been hacked many times.
Crims can use them to know when you've left your house, where your offspring go to school, etc.
Biz can use them for directed marketing.
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ocguy66
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Mar 28 2026 08:03AM     link to this

I see a large number of rear license plates with plate blocking paint….. seems like that would be an invite to be pulled over to me. If there were actual cops patrolling
SinFul_Curves
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Mar 28 2026 09:15AM     link to this

Shiiiiit they have been around for a hot min. That's how I got arrested twice. And this was many many moons ago. Cops have been going to hotel parking lots for a long time checking license plates then checking them among who's registered at the hotel. Then they go to your room and barge in with a key given to them by the staff. There is no more privacy. Most people have camera's these days. I don't even know why people still be stealing packages. You gonna get caught sooner or later. I can promise you that.
SmartK9
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Mar 28 2026 12:44PM     link to this

You are correct Sinful cops had to go through steps before run the license plate for the registered owners name and then run the registered owners through the wanted persons system and find any warrants.

Now it’s all automated they can be sitting at they favorite donut shop munching down on a double filled jelly donut and the on board cameras and sensors are doing all the work.
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