Tony Tan stands near an automated license plate reader camera in San Jose, California. He is suing the city over its use of nearly 500 such cameras.
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April 20, 2026 – SAN JOSE, Calif. – By Dan King – Last week, a group of three San Jose residents teamed up with the Institute for Justice (IJ) to file a federal class action lawsuit against the city of San Jose over its use of hundreds of automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras. Tony Tan, Scott West, Colin Wolfson and their IJ attorneys argue the city’s use of 474 ALPRs violates the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution…