They watch everything now
[QUOTE=Bcrich4;5648698]About a month ago I received a letter stating a registered vehicle I own was in a high crime area (allapatha). Yada yada yada, I threw out the letter thinking it's just scammers trying to scam me for $. Now I see this report and wonder.
[URL]https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/11/24/several-south-florida-cities-using-license-plate-readers-to-track-drivers-search-for-criminals/[/URL][/QUOTE]Yeah, well, welcome to the year 2021. You and everyone else in public are being surveilled and there's nothing you can do about it.
Same laws that give you the right to video record in public lets the city / county put up CC-TV cameras where ever they want in public spaces.
The line gets crossed, and is being crossed, when evidence of you or your vehicle in a particular area is used as evidence as a suggestion of evidence for illegal activity or intimidation of such like with the letter you received.
But it's not getting any attention from the courts as this practice seems to work for the cops. They cast out a broad net to reach criminals and scare the rest of us.
I've been stopped a number of times over the years for Driving White in a Black neighborhood.
I'm clean, no wants or warrants, so I just get my license back and sent on my way.
But I know they keep a digital file on me that has every police encounter since about 2000 or so.
And cops know that if they run enough plates, some will have a warrant attached to them, and if they randomly stop enough cars their going to catch a criminal.
So the rest of us have to put up with the intrusions and harassments. It's why I don't run the streets anymore. AMPs and Escorts are much safer options.
And besides, pretty much all the prime, young women are no longer on the streets either thanks to the internet.
A monger is way more likely to encounter the drug addicted, homeless or mentally unstable working the streets now.
I know they can be fun too, but they're easy targets now for law enforcement and electronic surveillance.