Jackley backs license-plate readers with state privacy safeguards
South Dakota attorney general (R), running for U.S. House in the state's at-large district
“I think this is, because of really what’s happened nationally, something that I think deserves legislative attention and proper legislation that allows law enforcement to use vital tools and has safeguards for private, individual privacy”
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A South Dakota Searchlight report on the attorney general's plan to propose state rules for automatic license plate readers.
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Jackley announced that he plans to propose state legislation limiting automatic license plate readers, such as Flock cameras, to legitimate law enforcement purposes. He said the technology helped find an abducted 9-year-old girl in Clark County in 2023.
After the quotation
Jackley said his bill would require that reader data be collected, accessed or used only for criminal investigations and deleted within a set period unless relevant to an ongoing case. His term as attorney general ends in January, and he is running for the U.S. House.
How this statement is classified
Case context: Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Jackley supports letting law enforcement keep using the readers but says state law should add privacy safeguards and limit them to legitimate law enforcement purposes. Keeping the systems with legal limits is Mixed or conditional on this tracker.
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Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
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