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Local Police Use of Crime-Fighting Scanners Arouses Privacy Concerns

Invasion of Privacy?

Local police are using scanners attached to squad vehicles to photograph license plates, creating a private database capable of tracking motorists—and alarming civil liberties experts, reports G.W. Schulz, of the Center for Investigative Reporting.

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