California police are illegally sharing license plate data with ICE and Border Patrol
California police are illegally sharing license plate data with ICE and Border Patrol

California police are illegally sharing license plate data with ICE and Border Patrol

Law enforcement agencies across Southern California violated state law more than 100 times last month by sharing information from automated license plate readers with federal agents, records show.
The Los Angeles Police Department and sheriff’s departments in San Diego and Orange counties searched license plate readings on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, according to a database of queries obtained by anti-surveillance group Oakland Privacy and provided to CalMatters.