WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Kansas lawmakers discussed concerns about automated license plate readers Tuesday as law enforcement officials work on a proposed bill addressing how the technology is used.
Col. Erik Smith, superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol, told the Joint Committee on Kansas Security that the KHP and leaders of law enforcement organizations developed a model bill in response to concerns about privacy, data retention and officer misuse.
The concerns include who owns the data, where it is stored, whether it could be breached and how long it is kept…