JB Pritzker
Role at the time: Illinois governor
Defended or excused
Statement summary
Pritzker endorsed expansion of the license plate reader network on Chicago-area expressways to help investigate shootings.
“My administration is bringing over 150 automated license plate readers to Chicagoland expressways ahead of the summer”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Pritzker backs expansion of Chicago expressway license plate readersPage 1, governor's quotation and expressway deployment details
The Illinois State Police announced installation of additional expressway readers.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
Relative to networked ALPR surveillance, Pritzker explicitly endorses expanding the network. His position is established by his own quotation.