ACLU Blasts Traffic Camera Proposal
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM
The American Civil Liberties Union has condemned St. Bernard Parish Sheriff Jack Stephens' plan to use grants to install cameras at the parish line to photograph motorists' faces and license plates as they come and go, The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.
“Camera surveillance by law enforcement raises troubling questions,” said Joe Cook, executive director of the ACLU of Louisiana. Stephens will seek grants for the cameras, which cost about $30,000 each.
“The Sheriff's Office will end up making illegal stops and violate bans on illegal search and seizure,” Cook warns. Stephens argues the cameras cannot violate privacy rights because “there's no expectation of privacy on public highways.”
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