Time to reign in mass, warrantless surveillance (A.L.P.R.)

Hello NYC, I’m reaching out to you in hopes of finding others who may share similar, grave concerns about ongoing warrantless surveillance within their communities. If you’re unaware, your community has fairly innocuous, warrantless surveillance devices throughout called “ALPR” cameras. These devices are often mounted on poles, street lights, buildings, etc. and they’re strategically placed to record license plates of all vehicles that travel past them. They’re also often installed with no visible signage and they’re typically approved in secret by your city/town/village councils. These ALPR systems have already been exposed as having been abused by law enforcement at all levels. They operate in what’s currently a gray area of the law whereby corporations manufacture and manage the ALPR systems so that law enforcement and government entities don’t have to. This allows law enforcement and government entities to access data on all vehicle owners/operators without needing probable cause or a warrant. More importantly, it allows law enforcement and government entities to create a pattern of your driving habits. For instance, if there are ALPR cameras installed on the roads between your house and an abortion clinic, and you make trips to/from that clinic, this information can be mapped and traced back to you using your vehicle’s license plate. Or, if your license plate cannot be scanned by an ALPR camera, no worries, those systems can also record characteristics of your vehicle using AI such as bumper stickers, dents, damage, etc. and use that to track you instead. If you’re like me and you’re disgusted by this obvious illegal invasion of Americans’ personal lives, there is currently a NY state bill sponsored by Assemblymember Pamela J. Hunter of Assembly District 128 & New York State Senator Michelle Hinchey of Hudson Valley. I’m imploring all of you to reach out to both of these representatives and explain to them you support Assembly Bill A10808 & Senate Bill S9890. This bill would help reign in the use of ALPR systems across all of NY and create a critically important layer of law-abiding accountability & transparency for those who have access to them. Below are useful links for you to review. You’ll find details of the state bill, as well as ways to contact the state representatives and voice your support. Thank you for your time and please, exercise your rights and speak up. There’s never been a more important time than now to do so. https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A10808 https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S9890 https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Pamela-J-Hunter/contact/ https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/michelle-hinchey/contact https://deflock.org/ https://dontgetflocked.com/ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/open-records-laws-reveal-alprs-sprawling-surveillance-now-states-want-block-what submitted by /u/Extension_You1426 [link] [comments]