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Police Use License Plate Readers To “Grid” Entire Neighborhoods

Posted on July 11, 2019 by pogowasright.org

Joe Cadillic writes:

Law enforcement is using license plate readers to “grid” entire neighborhoods.

What does gridding mean?

The Arizona Mirror describes gridding as,

“Part of the training for the ALPR systems, Chandler police officers are taught to “grid” neighborhoods during their downtime – systematically driving up and down every street in an area, indiscriminately scooping up information on vehicles.”

Gridding entire neighborhoods allows Big Brother to form a detailed and highly accurate pattern of everyone’s driving habits day and night, 24/7.

Read more on MassPrivateI.

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