FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) -- A judge has
declined to throw out a lawsuit challenging the Fairfax County Police
Department's practice of storing data collected through the use of
license-plate readers.
The American Civil Liberties Union claims in the lawsuit
that keeping a database of such information amounts to an illegal invasion of
privacy.
The ACLU says Fairfax County
Circuit Judge Grace Carroll denied the police department's motion to dismiss
the lawsuit Friday.
The decision came two days after
a state trooper used a license-plate reader to identify the suspect in the
slayings of WDBJ-TV reporter Alison Parker andphotographer Adam Ward. The ACLU says using a plate reader
that way in a criminal investigation is proper, but routinely compiling data
from law-abiding Virginians and sharing it among police agencies is not.
John Faust
"Police problem? There's a police problem in Fairfax County?"
He needs another 4 years to hide under desk
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