SurveillanceMedium
'I Saw a Shiny Thing': Cop Explains Why He Used License Plate Reader to Stalk Woman
- Occurred
- Aug 19, 2026
- Published
- Aug 19, 2026
- Source
- 404 Media
Summary
Body camera footage shows police surveillance abuse is common: "We’ve told them over and over again: 'You see a hot chick, you don’t look them up in a database.'"
Tags
- ALPR
- Surveillance
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Police misuse of license plate readers for stalking constitutes surveillance abuse.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8