(Missourinet) – A Lee’s Summit Republican lawmaker wants to crack down on automated license plate reader systems that are used to catch lawbreakers. Senator Mike Cierpiot’s bill would prevent state agencies and local governments from using or installing the systems.
“I think most people are a little bit reluctant to be tracked all the time. Not that we’re doing anything. Just, you don’t want people to watch or see what you’re doing. It’s just, I think it’s a human nature (thing). So, what I want to do is find out exactly what those records go to because if they’re doing a look-up against a database to find license plates that are wanted, then that means they’re compared to something that means they’re storing it.”
Exceptions would be made for the plate readers on police vehicles, and for how the data is accessed and used by a third party for law enforcement. The bill could be voted out of a Senate transportation committee soon.
