EFF found bizarre justifications in police ALPR search logs. Entries included “LOL,” “LMAO,” “Sexy,” “idk,” and gibberish. Some departments say questionable searches still involved legitimate investigations. Police have repeatedly defended automated license plate readers as serious tools for solving serious crimes. Apparently, though, the paperwork documenting why officers are searching these enormous vehicle-tracking databases isn’t always treated quite so seriously. An investigation by the Electronic Frontier Foundation found officers entering reasons including “LOL,” “LMAO,” “Sexy,” “idk,” and we’re not talking about just one little department. var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== “DESKTOP”){ adpushup.triggerAd(“0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8”); } else { adpushup.triggerAd(“82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f”); } }); In one particularly striking…
Cops Used ‘LMAO,’ ‘Idk’ And Keyboard Gibberish To Justify License Plate Searches
