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Automated License-Plate Readers (Flock)

Plate readers solve some property crime, not violence.

Policing & SurveillanceCity CouncilLiberty check

C · 13/24

1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)

Use ALPRs to clear cases.

2 · The realist counter-case

Critics cite privacy and abuse.

3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats

Forbes (2024) debunked a -80% claim; ~10% error (IPVM); IJ documented stalking abuse.

4 · Liberty check

Crime-clearance vs. mass location tracking.

5 · The real tradeoff

The sharpest privacy case on the site.

Allies & Playbook

If you want to copy this, start here.

No individual sponsor record is catalogued for this policy yet. Start with the primary sources below and the Allies directory.

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