DENVER — Law enforcement may one day need to obtain a warrant in order to search the data collected from license plate readers in Colorado during certain investigations, if a piece of legislation currently being drafted becomes law.
That’s the goal behind a new bill being introduced this year by State Sen. Judy Amabile, D-District 18.
“These are automated license plate readers, and they have very quickly become ubiquitous. They’re all over the place,” she said. “They’re being used in ways that are extremely helpful for law enforcement and that are going to benefit our communities in terms of community safety. But they are also being misused, and also they’re being used in a way that’s a little bit sloppy by some departments. And we want to be careful that we don’t inadvertently step on people’s privacy rights.”…