Out of curiosity, what are the non-surveillance uses for a license plate tracking service

> For decades police can be investigated for any improper searches of license plates or personal IDs, which can result in criminal referrals.

And those same officers, even when it has been found they violated the rights of those they're sworn and paid to serve, are all too often shielded from the consequences of their actions and from their victims seeking recourse. Qualified immunity is legal doctrine which prevents victims from seeking justice in cases where there is no previous precedent for such an action being allowed. I would expect that license plate readers, mass-surveillance assisted by AI technologies, etc. are sufficiently novel that the case would have to make the U.S. supreme court to survive a motion to dismiss under qualified immunity.

So if you believe in there being legal consequences for police officers and other government officials violating the rights of the governed, I would hope to see in your next comments you standing with me and demanding the elimination of the "qualified immunity" doctrine which today goes along way to protect the guilty from the legal recourse sought by the victims of such officers. This is especially needed in those cases where the officers, bureaucracy, and politicians fail to "act true", as you might suggest that they can, to prevent injustices with these police systems.

For those curious about what "qualified immunity" is in the US, take a look at:

https://ij.org/issues/project-on-immunity-and-accountability...

and

https://ij.org/issues/project-on-immunity-and-accountability...

All part of the Institute for Justice's work on immunity and accountability:

https://ij.org/issues/project-on-immunity-and-accountability...