California Supreme Court decision could end secrecy over police capture of license plate images
by By Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
Aug 31, 2017
2 minutes
LOS ANGELES _ The California Supreme Court decided Thursday that data from millions of vehicle license plate images collected by the Los Angeles police and sheriff's departments are not confidential investigative records that can be kept from public disclosure.
The unanimous opinion came as civil liberties groups raise concerns about the increasing use of police cameras mounted on cruisers or street poles to take photographs of
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