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Here's the Secret Details of 200 Cities' License-Plate Tracking Programs

Nov

2018

Here's the Secret Details of 200 Cities' License-Plate Tracking Programs

All told, these programs account for 2.5 billion license plate scans, in which 95% of the vehicles scanned were not under suspicion of any wrongdoing. The data collected in each program was shared with an average of 160 other agencies.

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The DEA and ICE Are Hiding Surveillance Cameras in Streetlights

Nov

2018

Surveillance

The DEA and ICE Are Hiding Surveillance Cameras in Streetlights

The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have hidden an undisclosed number of covert surveillance cameras inside streetlights around the country, federal contracting documents reveal.

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Ohio Judge to Rule on Ohio Speed Camera Legality

Nov

2018

Speed Cameras

Ohio Judge to Rule on Ohio Speed Camera Legality

Attorney Marc E. Dann is back in an Ohio courthouse in his challenge to the speed camera program in Girard.

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Machesney Park's Controversial Speed Enforcement Vehicle

Nov

2018

Speed Cameras

Machesney Park's Controversial Speed Enforcement Vehicle

Local social media has been buzzing about a photograph of what appears to be a motorist's vehicle stranded along the side of Rt. 173.

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Aurora Voters Say Good Riddance to Red Light Cameras

Nov

2018

Red Light Cameras

Aurora Voters Say Good Riddance to Red Light Cameras

With an overwhelming two-thirds majority, Aurora voters on Tuesday elected to do away with red-light cameras at 10 intersections throughout the city.

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How Democrats Pulled Off a "Dream Scenario" in New York's State Senate

Nov

2018

School Zone Cameras

How Democrats Pulled Off a "Dream Scenario" in New York's State Senate

Democrat Andrew Gounardes dethroned longtime Republican incumbent Marty Golden, who may have been hurt by his resistance to the city’s school zone speed camera program.

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Aurora, Colorado Voters Reject Red Light Cameras

Nov

2018

Red Light Cameras

Aurora, Colorado Voters Reject Red Light Cameras

Turnout was high Tuesday as residents of Aurora, Colorado, cast their ballots demanding that the red light camera program be shut down.

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Norton, OH Speed Camera Busts 9,352 Drivers in Two Months, Generating Up to $1.1 Million

Nov

2018

Speed Cameras

Norton, OH Speed Camera Busts 9,352 Drivers in Two Months, Generating Up to $1.1 Million

A speed camera, used by Norton [Ohio] police in the I-76 construction zone, could generate $1.1 million for the city after more than 9,000 civil violations were mailed to drivers.

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Advocacy Group Takes on Florida License Plate Readers

Nov

2018

License Plate Readers

Advocacy Group Takes on Florida License Plate Readers

Florida's automated license plate readers (ALPR, also known as ANPR) are under legal attack.

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