Fairfax County police to expand use of automated license plate readers this spring

[Anonymous]

The Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) is expanding the use of automated license plate reader technology across the county, despite concerns from civil rights groups.

The department will install 25 automated license plate readers (ALPRs) around Fairfax County by the spring, FCPD spokesperson Sergeant Hudson Bull confirmed to FFXnow.
This expansion of the program comes after an eight-week “test period,” where the camera system was placed in two locations and assisted in “over 35 cases which have led to over 60 arrest charges,” Bull said.
Based on that data, the trial period has now been extended an additional 10 months to Oct. 31, 2023.
Over the next nine months, cameras will watch more than two dozen “high-crime” areas in the county.

https://www.ffxnow.com/2023/02/21/fairfax-county-police-to-expand-use-of-automated-license-plate-readers-this-spring/

Anyone have concerns about this? I know Virginia do not allow speed cameras.

[Anonymous]

What would be the concern?

[Anonymous]

Clear invasion of privacy.

[Anonymous]

If Fairfax is suffering from police shortages like most of the nation, then using technology is a good thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Clear invasion of privacy.

Really, we have a right to the privacy of our license plate number? I don't think so. Of course, I'm not a constitutional lawyer, but I'm fairly certain you don't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clear invasion of privacy.

Really, we have a right to the privacy of our license plate number? I don't think so. Of course, I'm not a constitutional lawyer, but I'm fairly certain you don't.

Having a log file mapping your daily movements creates a potential source of serious abuse. That kind of information is very powerful and should not be left open to abuse by loosely regulated and secretive groups of people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clear invasion of privacy.

Really, we have a right to the privacy of our license plate number? I don't think so. Of course, I'm not a constitutional lawyer, but I'm fairly certain you don't.

Having a log file mapping your daily movements creates a potential source of serious abuse. That kind of information is very powerful and should not be left open to abuse by loosely regulated and secretive groups of people.

DP here. Who are the loosely regulated and secretive people? I’m wondering how you think this information could be used.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clear invasion of privacy.

Really, we have a right to the privacy of our license plate number? I don't think so. Of course, I'm not a constitutional lawyer, but I'm fairly certain you don't.

Having a log file mapping your daily movements creates a potential source of serious abuse. That kind of information is very powerful and should not be left open to abuse by loosely regulated and secretive groups of people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What would be the concern?

The same as with speed cameras. People want to speed and not get ticketed. Same here.

[Anonymous]

The proven ability of LPCs to help get people with open warrants, etc, off the streets outweighs the hypothetical use of tracking law abiding drivers.

Don’t be like Maryland. We let everyone do everything, and our violent crime rate has increased as a result.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clear invasion of privacy.

Really, we have a right to the privacy of our license plate number? I don't think so. Of course, I'm not a constitutional lawyer, but I'm fairly certain you don't.

Having a log file mapping your daily movements creates a potential source of serious abuse. That kind of information is very powerful and should not be left open to abuse by loosely regulated and secretive groups of people.

Exactly. Anyone who thinks this is a good idea should visit China to see how it feels to be tracked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Clear invasion of privacy.

Disagree. You have no expectation of privacy on a public road.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clear invasion of privacy.

Really, we have a right to the privacy of our license plate number? I don't think so. Of course, I'm not a constitutional lawyer, but I'm fairly certain you don't.

Having a log file mapping your daily movements creates a potential source of serious abuse. That kind of information is very powerful and should not be left open to abuse by loosely regulated and secretive groups of people.

Exactly. Anyone who thinks this is a good idea should visit China to see how it feels to be tracked.

Yes. Fairfax is China. That’s it.

[Anonymous]

FCPD executed the last guy that triggered a plate reader.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would be the concern?

The same as with speed cameras. People want to speed and not get ticketed. Same here.

But the article says they have helped find some abducted kids (and stolen cars). That's a good thing, right?