San Jose police chief refutes claims of ALPR inconsistency

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San Jose Police Chief Paul Joseph has made his first public response to a simmering controversy centered on his past claim that the city’s automated license plate reader data had never been improperly disclosed.

In recent weeks, vocal critics have pointed out that claim — made during March council deliberations — appears to be at odds with later revelations that the San Jose Police Department was investigating an officer at the time for allegedly sharing location data from the city’s ALPR network with a family member, who used it to track a woman accusing him of domestic violence. The department later fired the officer over the incident…

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