The small town of Platte City, Missouri, just north of Kansas City is the setting of the latest story in a growing police surveillance state. According to the ACLU blog, it was here that city officials set up a camera and trained it into the backyard of a resident, for reasons that are yet somewhat hazy. [Read more…]
Residents React Strongly to Proposed License Plate Scanners
Is the tide finally turning against the onslaught of government surveillance by license plate scanners? [Read more…]
Proposed Law Makes Secret Recording at Farms Illegal
Legislation targeting activists and undercover journalists has passed one round at the Senate. The law would make it a crime to take undercover recordings on farms without the owners approval. While some are causing it an overreaction, those within the industry believe it’s necessary to “stop activists.” [Read more…]
Automatic Licence Plate Readers in Missouri
The Columbia police department has been offered a couple of police car mounted license plate scanning systems, free of charge. As noted before, this scanner technology is on the verge of becoming widespread in Missouri law enforcement, in the search for stolen cars and driver’s who may have outstanding criminal warrants. [Read more…]