Athar Haseebullah is an attorney and executive director of the ACLU of Nevada. A graduate of Howard University and its law school, he has worked in legal aid, public administration and civil-rights advocacy.
DI has documented statements by Athar Haseebullah on 2026 Midterm Elections, Law Enforcement, and License-Plate Surveillance, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
Role at the time: ACLU of Nevada executive director
Condemned
Statement summary
Haseebullah objects to spending on ALPRs and drones and questions the city's ability to oversee a private surveillance supplier.
“Reno should not be misspending tax dollars for surveillance expansion programs, including the acquisition of ALPRs and drones.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Out of the Flock and into the Axon: Asked to dump license plate readers, Reno just switches brandsOctober 21 vote; statements by La Rue Hatch and Haseebullah
Why we used this label
The reference point is networked license-plate surveillance. Haseebullah explicitly opposes expanding the system.
Networked automated license-plate cameras can assemble searchable records of vehicle movements. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to ban the systems, keep them with limits, or defend them as investigative tools. This tracker separates outright bans from narrower restrictions.
