Surveillance Technologies Don’t Create Safety. They Intensify State Violence.

In late October 2022, a police officer in Wichita, Kansas, was arrested for stalking his estranged wife. The officer had been using the police department’s automated license plate reader technology (ALPR) to monitor her movements, without permission or authority to use the technology. The officer was removed from the force and charged for both stalking and the unlawful acts related to his use of…

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