29 Alerts From the ILLEGAL SEARCH Tag

Speed Trap Karma Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #697

May 22, 2022 • ALABAMA, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FLORIDA, ILLEGAL SEARCH, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, OHIO, REVENUE GENERATION, SPEED LIMIT, SPEED TRAP, speed traps, TICKET FINES, TICKET QUOTA, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Enforcement, Traffic Tickets

Reason.com recently published a list of eleven U.S. towns where their police forces were either disbanded or their autonomy as a governmental entity was dissolved because of an addiction to, and dependence on, ticket revenue. We thought it would be informative to present excerpts from Reason’s article for those cities along with select driver-sourced comments […]

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Want to check out my Car’s Infotainment System? Get a Warrant!: NMA E-Newsletter #681

January 30, 2022 • AUTO INDUSTRY, Biometrics, CELL PHONE, Connected Vehicles, EDR, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FOURTH AMENDMENT, ILLEGAL SEARCH, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY, Search Warrant, Technology

Many of us find using a cell phone convenient for communicating and learning. Now, connecting a smartphone to a vehicle extends the utility of that little pocket computer. Vehicles have become smartphones on wheels. A car’s infotainment system records and stores call logs, contact lists, GPS information, emails, photos, text messages, social media feeds, videos, […]

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Fourth Amendment Wins in the Baltimore Plane Surveillance Case: NMA E-Newsletter #654

July 25, 2021 • ACLU, Aerial surveillance, ALPR, CELL PHONE, Drone, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Facial Recognition, First Amendment, FOURTH AMENDMENT, ILLEGAL SEARCH, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY, Search Warrant, Technology

“Allowing the police to wield this power unchecked is anathema to the values enshrined in our Fourth Amendment,” wrote Fourth Circuit US Court of Appeals Chief Judge Roger Gregory in late June. The case, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle v. Baltimore Police Department, involved the use of aerial surveillance that continuously tracked and monitored the […]

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What about Police Traffic Stop Reform Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #603

August 2, 2020 • civil asset forfeiture, Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform, DRIVER EDUCATION, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, ILLEGAL SEARCH, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, POLICING FOR PROFIT, RACIAL PROFILING, REVENUE GENERATION, Road Safety, SPEED TRAP, TICKET FINES, TICKET QUOTA, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets

2020 has undoubtedly been a tough year for all of us. The COVID-19 crisis has changed many aspects of our lives, and so have the protests around the world in the wake of George Floyd’s death. At first, the protests were against police brutality, and now they have turned into calls for police reform. Much […]

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A Car’s Black Box and a City’s ALPR Program Put to the Test in two Different Courts: NMA E-Newsletter #566

November 17, 2019 • ACLU, ALPR, BLACK BOX, EDR, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, EVENT DATA RECORDER, FLORIDA, FOURTH AMENDMENT, GEORGIA, ILLEGAL SEARCH, LICENSE PLATE, NEWSLETTER, NMA, PRIVACY

Two motorists recently won Fourth Amendment decisions. Both cases will likely be appealed, and will have major privacy rights implications for how and where we drive our vehicles. ALPRs in Florida Raul Mas Canosa was mad and decided he wasn’t going to take it anymore. The city where he lives, Coral Gables, Florida, tracked his […]

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