Police Blotter: GPS Stolen, DUI and More

_whocares_ wrote:

Huh, at least 2 stories contained "After police randomly ran his / her plates" It's nice to know the police are finally admitting the fact they are spying on us constantly. What happened to probable cause?

in most villages, at least one police car is equipped with a license plate reader system. It is a camera that takes pictures of everyones license plates, runs it through their laptops and alerts them to any violations. The state police have cameras on all 4 sides, so they don't miss a thing. Google, or watch the video on you tube. Been around since 2005

_whocares_ wrote:

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I'm aware that it has been around, however I believe it is an invasion of privacy. Driving the down the street does not give police probable cause for anything.

I don't see the problem. It's real easy to avoid these things - don't do something stupid in the first place and definitely don't drive without proper licensing. I wish they could merge their search with an insurance database so they can find all the scumbags driving without auto insurance too.

It's about time we started to crack down on people who overtly break the law.

You don't need probable cause to run a license plate. The police need probable cause to pull you over. I agree with Opinion. Don't break the law if you're worried about what they'll find when they run your plates.

Lockport Opinion wrote:

<quoted text>I don't see the problem. It's real easy to avoid these things - don't do something stupid in the first place and definitely don't drive without proper licensing. I wish they could merge their search with an insurance database so they can find all the scumbags driving without auto insurance too.

It's about time we started to crack down on people who overtly break the law.

Sure bring on big brother, let's put a camera on the lightpost by your house. It's shortsighted to allow anyone to scan you without probable cause and probable cause is not driving down the street

In our beloved corrupt state of illinois it is a privilege to drive and hold a drivers license instead of a right. I disagree with that, but just the way it is. Point is, that gives them free reign to run your plates anytime they want.

Wake up wrote:

In our beloved corrupt state of illinois it is a privilege to drive and hold a drivers license instead of a right. I disagree with that, but just the way it is. Point is, that gives them free reign to run your plates anytime they want.

It's not just our State, name one state where it's your right.

PoPo wrote:

You don't need probable cause to run a license plate. The police need probable cause to pull you over. I agree with Opinion. Don't break the law if you're worried about what they'll find when they run your plates.

you are right I agree with you

Also that's how they catch the acumen bags out there that have warrents too.

john lydon wrote:

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Sure bring on big brother, let's put a camera on the lightpost by your house. It's shortsighted to allow anyone to scan you without probable cause and probable cause is not driving down the street

An honest person doesn't mind big brother using whatever means available to find the dishonest criminals.

I give them permission to run my plates, install their cameras and put back the red light cameras if they were making the city money. If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.

Lockport Opinion wrote:

<quoted text>An honest person doesn't mind big brother using whatever means available to find the dishonest criminals.

I give them permission to run my plates, install their cameras and put back the red light cameras if they were making the city money. If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.

Ask McCarthy about that... I get ur point but it's a slippery slope

Wow a lot of tinfoil hats get worn around here. Driving is a privilege, it is not a right. There is no invasion of privacy or probable cause needed to run a plate. These are the things you agreed to when you got your drivers license and registered your vehicle. No, the license plate reading cameras are very rare due to cost. Also ISP does not have these mounted on all of their vehicles and none have it on 4 sides. Try educating yourself instead of sounding like a conspiracy theorist fool.

john lydon wrote:

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Ask McCarthy about that... I get ur point but it's a slippery slope

You are correct, but I'm not giving them permission to wire tap my phones or put cameras in my home.

We are driving on the roads paid for by the taxpayers and employ a police force to protect us while on them - I want them to be as successful as they can be at removing criminals from the road.

_whocares_ wrote:

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I, an honest person, completely disagree. The United States of Amerika WAS a free country. It is becoming less free by the day. It's people like you making it this way. Ever read the book 1984 by Joe Orwell? That's what this country is becoming and everything in 1984 is coming true. "Those that would give up liberty for security will get neither and lose both." Liberty requires privacy.

That's part of our problem here. We give a whole lot of people liberty as they jump right over our borders and over populate our schools, hospitals, clinics, etc. with illegal families and children.

It's about time we started letting the people who follow the rules have some control instead of babying the people who choose to break them.

Cops do what they what state boys are the ones you want worry about

So when a cop hauls a$$ to slip behind my car for a "random" plate run I shouldn't be concerned? Though I am a law abiding citizen? Let me explain why I AM concerned. First, I am not so foolish as to think cops are infallible. They are not held to any sort of moral standard nor are they tested for such things. Which taken down the thought train, one could make a case that the random plate running cop could use information obtained by their system for their own perverse fanatical action. Example: if I had a ticket 3 years ago do speeding 15-20 mph over the limit, do you think a cop isn't going to follow me even more closely? Doesn't that put my safety at risk because I now have to be equally concerned about a tailgating cop along with all the other road hazards that exist? Of course it does. What of I had been falsely accused of aggrivated assault by those bitches at the Lakewood pool who think my calling them bitches somehow equals assault. So a cop runs my plate and he finds that an accusation has been made against me, albeit false. Do you think he isn't looking for an opportunity to pull me over to "rough" me up for being an assaulting talker? You bet you ass they will. Now I am not saying all cops are going to do such things but I submit there is a high number of them who would. Without standard morality testing for continued employment as well as investigating the personal lives of cops then we are subject to any jerkoff who comes back from Iraq to become a cop having a "bad" day and releasing his pent up anger on the populace at large. Cops can be as dangerous as any criminal for a variety of reasons, the scary part is that the badge somehow makes it legal for them to hassle anyone at anytime for any reason. Just like the guy who tried to talk my wife into giving him head in exchange for not giving her a ticket when she was younger.

I think they should one of these cars at each end of town on Rt. 30. Catch all the illegals and scum bags!