Arizona police departments say ICE is not using their license plate scanners

By Jerod Macdonald-Evoy | AZMirror

A license plate scanning tool that is marketed to be used to combat car theft or find missing people is now being used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Some Arizona police departments have access to the technology, but say that ICE hasn’t requested to use it. 

First reported by 404 Media, local police around the country have been using an AI-powered automatic license plate reader system as part of ICE investigations, essentially giving the agency access to a tool for which they don’t have a federal contract. 

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