Groups Appeal Lower Court Ruling Finding Police Agencies Don’t Have To Disclose RecordsSan Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the ACLU Foundation of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) are urging California’s highest court to rule that license plate data, collected indiscriminately on millions of drivers by police across the state, are not investigative records and should be made available to the public. EFF and ACLU SoCal argued in a brief filed today with the California Supreme Court that citizens needs access to automated license plate reader (ALPR) records to understand exactly how this intrusive technology is used. ALPRs are high-speed cameras mounted on light poles and police cars that continuously scan the plates of every passing car. They collect not only the license plate number but also the time, date, and location of each plate scanned, along with a photograph of the vehicle and sometimes its occupants. The Los Angeles…
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