SFPD says license plate readers ‘improperly’ accessed by out-of-state, fed agencies

What happened

According to Local News Matters’s source item, SFPD says license plate readers ‘improperly’ accessed by out-of-state, fed agencies, San Francisco police say they have disabled access to its network of Flock Automated License Plate Reader cameras after it was “improperly queried” for out-of-state and federal agencies. Police said the issue was discovered through regular audits last month. “The audit did not find any inquiries referencing immigration enforcement or reproductive rights investigations, and the […] The post SFPD says license plate readers ‘improperly’ accessed by out-of-state, fed agencies appeared first on Local News Matters .

Context

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Source

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