Originally Posted by crockett

Seems the Freedom loving state of Texas is jumping at a deal for Free license plate readers for all their cop cars, that will allow them to pull people over and collect payment with their in car credit card reader for anyone who owes on a state traffic debt.

In exchange for this, the company providing the Surveillance systems gets all the data collected from the said systems to use in any profitable manner they see fit..

"No Cost" License Plate Readers Are Turning Texas Police into Mobile Debt Collectors and Data Miners | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Thanks Obama!