In a rare instance of too much transparency, an Ohio police department released the precise movements of a particular vehicle in response to a public records request, showing just how invasive license plate reading technology can be.
In my country, only police can look up a licence plate, and only on official business - cops have lost their jobs for looking up friends, family and ex-girlfriend’s licenses.
Holy shit. So you can just ask for anyone’s plate and the police will hand it out. That’s what their response says.
As long as you follow the correct protocol and get the right staffer handling your request and live in Ohio.
Other states have privacy controls that would block this from happening without explicit sign-off.
That’s so bizarre.
In my country, only police can look up a licence plate, and only on official business - cops have lost their jobs for looking up friends, family and ex-girlfriend’s licenses.