ICE has access to license plate readers at hospitals, shopping malls and much more
The threat to everyone's privacy is all to real.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) has been given access to License Plate Readers (LPR's) at hospitals, shopping malls and much more. ICE is using this data to target immigrants, activists and people of interest.
Allowing the Federal government to create secret lists is the hallmark of a Police State.
Secret license plate reader database
In 2014, the Highland Hospital in Oakland, California secretly installed an LPR near the entrance to its emergency room.
The camera tracked the license plates of all vehicles that approached the emergency room and instantly sent the data to numerous local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, including the ICE.
Three years later after public pressure, they removed the license plate reader but not until it had collected hundreds of thousands license plates.
"For several years, the plate reader has scanned about 25,000 plates each month and sent this data to the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center."
Alameda police want to install LPR's at every entrance and exit
Earlier this year, the Alameda Police Department tried to convince the public that they need license plate readers at every entrance and exit. Thankfully, the city rejected the police department's new expanded LPR plan.
"Alameda recognized that local surveillance doesn’t stay local. LPR's collect sensitive location data that can reveal details about our private lives, including where we work, where we live,and our visits to doctors or political demonstrations."
Since 9/11, ICE has created a national license plate tracking program using power companies, Pay-By-Plate, EZ-Pass, shopping malls, parking lots and sanitation trucks.
The growing use of LPR's, means law enforcement knows where we work and when, who we see and where we shop.
Is this the America you want?