Federal law enforcement agencies accessed data collected by some local police and sheriff’s offices automated license plate cameras around Washington, a University of Washington Center for Human Rights report found, sometimes without local agencies’ knowledge.
U.S. Border Patrol had access to data from surveillance networks in at least 18 local law enforcement agencies in Washington in varying degrees, the report found, which may have been used for immigration enforcement.
Increasingly popular Flock Safety automated license plate readers capture real-time documentation of license plate numbers and vehicle descriptions. This data is stored in a network managed by local law enforcement agencies in their respective jurisdictions…