BusPatrol Plans to Give Police Access to License Plate Data from School Bus AI Cameras
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Joseph Cox
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Summary
BusPatrol, a company that installed AI-powered cameras in tens of thousands of U.S. school buses to ticket drivers illegally passing stopped buses, now plans to turn those cameras into automatic license plate readers (ALPRs). The system would capture the location of every vehicle the buses drive past and share that data with law enforcement, effectively transforming school buses into roaming surveillance vehicles. This expansion of surveillance capabilities raises concerns about warrantless law enforcement access to location data collected during routine school bus routes.
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BusPatrol, a company that has installed AI-powered cameras in tens of thousands of school buses around the U.S., now plans to turn those cameras into automatic license plate readers (ALPRs), capturing the location of every vehicle the buses drive past, and give that data to law enforcement.
BusPatrol plans to scan the license plates of all vehicles the buses drive past, and then let law enforcement search that data.
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