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Appeals court says police can withhold license plate scans

Posted on May 7, 2015 by pogowasright.org

Brian Melley reports:

Police don’t have to disclose license plate records that advocacy groups sought to gauge how high-tech surveillance was being used, a California appeals court ruled Wednesday.

The unanimous ruling by the 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected a California Public Records Act request for data compiled by the Los Angeles police and sheriff’s departments.

Read more on Phys.org. You can find the court’s opinion here (pdf).

Thanks to Joe Cadillic for this link.

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