Carrie Rheingans wants a warrant to search plate reader data
Michigan state representative (D) running for reelection in District 47
“I think we need to go further than this bill, And make sure that a warrant is always necessary to search this data. But, this is the bill that’s available today.”
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WNEM report on a Michigan House bill to limit the sharing of automated license plate reader data, with comments from Rep. Carrie Rheingans.
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Rheingans is among the lawmakers behind a Michigan House bill that, WNEM reported, would require a court order before captured plate data is sent to law enforcement outside Michigan.
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She also called license plate readers "one part of the whole puzzle of artificial intelligence and a surveillance state" and tied that to what she called the "Trump regime." WNEM reported that the bill was headed to the House Judiciary Committee.
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Case context: Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
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The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Rheingans backs a bill limiting how plate data is shared and says the law should go further by always requiring a warrant to search the data. She seeks legal limits on the systems, not their removal, so Mixed or conditional fits.
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Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
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