Lois Kolkhorst backs a Texas ALPR ban
Texas state senator
“I am right there with them”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Texas state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst calls for ALPR banParagraphs under 'Get the Flock out of Texas'
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Texas state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst calls for ALPR ban (opens in a new tab)Paragraphs under 'Get the Flock out of Texas'
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KBTX quotes Kolkhorst's August 31 Facebook essay and describes her support for an outright ALPR ban. The original Facebook post was not directly retrieved.
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Kolkhorst published an essay criticizing Flock cameras after Texas halted state funding for them.
After the quotation
She said the Texas Senate would take up the issue in its next session and that colleagues were discussing an outright ALPR ban.
How this statement is classified
Condemned
Case context: Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
She expressly aligned herself with an outright ban on the networked readers at issue.
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Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
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