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Hundreds of agencies tap Atherton surveillance system for feds; Fails own rules
Hundreds of law enforcement agencies used Atherton’s license plate surveillance system with searches tied immigration enforcement despite California law.
Through the California Public Records Act, this news organization obtained logs showing outside agencies conducted millions of searches of Atherton’s license plate reader network. For example, according to Hearst television affiliate KCRA 3, Amador County Sheriff Gary Redman says he will proactively reach out to ICE for immigration enforcement when he believes the suspects are a danger to the public. One civil liberties organization is currently suing a Virginia city arguing surveillance using Flock without a warrant violates the fourth amendment, which protects against unreasonable search and seizure by a government agency.
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