San Francisco police let out-of-state cops run more than 1.6 million illegal searches of the city’s license-plate reader database — including at least 19 that were marked as related to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to records obtained by The Standard.
California sanctuary laws bar police from assisting in immigration enforcement, and another law prohibits sharing data from automated license-plate readers with out-of-state cops for any purpose.
The controversial surveillance technology, produced by Atlanta-based Flock Safety, captures the license plate and description of every passing vehicle, then stores the information for use in police investigations. In San Francisco, where 400 cameras line major roadways, it’s nearly impossible to escape the readers’ gaze…