License plate data report goes to Menlo Park council

"Of those, 141 plates were tagged as being on an active wanted list. The vast majority of the hits were subsequently deemed to be a 'false read' after further review"

How much money and time are wasted on false positives? To relate two recent stories, do they turn off their body cameras after they get a hit?

July through Oct; 263,430 license plates, 140 'false reads', 1 stolen vehicle recovered.

Your tax dollars at work.

To PlowShares:
If it was your stolen car that was recovered you might have a different opinion about the worth of the cameras.

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Bob and Steve: You consider this an unqualified success? And worth our tax dollars, as well as loss of privacy?

"July through Oct; 263,430 license plates, 140 'false reads', 1 stolen vehicle recovered."

what privacy in a public place. This the first report. Lets see what the other reports show.

question: "Bob and Steve: You consider this an unqualified success? And worth our tax dollars, as well as loss of privacy?"

answer: "what privacy in a public place."

Okay. Having read some of your posts in other sections, I expected more. Well, we (okay, I) agree to disagree.

I think it's an almost complete waste of money (based on the report; you need more than one?) and an intrusion, a step towards police state. Also rife with opportunity for misuse. That said I expected the "courts say there is no expectation of privacy" responses, from the usual suspects. So let's make it easy for others:

Do you consider this an unqualified success, and worth our tax dollars?

"Do you consider this an unqualified success, and worth our tax dollars?"

Not if this continues to be the hit rate.

That is too bad we get probably one a day minimum with close to 1300 hits from our cars alone not to mention hits from other agencies vehicles for cars on our lists. Sounds like they need to maximize the use of LPR not just put them up and hope for the best.