Rights Flexing Lawmaker has Police Freaking Out Over Bill that Bans License Plate Scanners
‘New legislation proposed in Montana would make it illegal for police to use licence plate scanners for tracking and database creation without cause or warrant. Unfortunately, federal agents would not be under state jurisdiction and would thus be able to use licence scanners on state property if they chose to.
However, state and local police departments would be prevented from using the devices for law enforcement purposes.
The bill, HB 344 states that “an agency or employee of the state or any subdivision of the state may not use, either directly or indirectly, a license plate scanner on any public highway.”
As expected, police are not happy.’
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