Selena La Rue Hatch is a Democratic Nevada assemblymember representing District 25. A teacher, she was first elected to the Assembly in 2022. She earned a bachelor's degree in history at Boston University and a master's degree in secondary social-studies education at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her legislative work has included service as vice chair of Natural Resources and membership on the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education.
DI has documented statements by Selena La Rue Hatch on 2026 Midterm Elections, Law Enforcement, and License-Plate Surveillance, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
La Rue Hatch says switching surveillance vendors fails to address constituents' objections to government tracking.
“Announcing the end of Flock just to switch to another intrusive tech surveillance company is an insult to our community”
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. La Rue Hatch condemns retaining that surveillance through a different vendor.
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.
