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1. schainks · 1790617396 · focus · HN ↗

   This is infuriating.

   A modern police department should actively discipline officers that are too lazy to run the necessary checks to prove the human's paperwork is legit, especially when they have a computer that can do it for them right in front of them!

   Cities adding ALPRs should also be holding the ALPR company financially liable for _every single mistake_ these systems make.

   1. wat10000 · 1790617710 · focus · HN ↗

      There a frightening lack of accountability all the way up the chain. The officer doesn’t care because their bosses don’t hold them accountable. The chief doesn’t hold the bosses accountable for that. The local government doesn’t hold the chief accountable. And ultimately the voters don’t hold the local government accountable.

      1. schainks · 1790618201 · focus · HN ↗

         A literal bozo explosion going on in some cities / law enforcement organizations, and the _lowest_ layer has been handed Big Brother tech and told, "Just do what the computer tells you to do".

         So, voters have to ban this tech or get a bill passed that makes the company responsible financially for screw ups. Is there a third option?

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