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Daily Dispatch 6/4/25: More Texas Police Abusing License Plate Tracking System, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:On the heels of the Johnson County Sheriff's Department's abuse of ALPR license plate tracking systems to follow a Texas woman who had self-managed an abortion, the Austin Police Department has also been taking liberties with the new technology: https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2025-06-03/emails-reveal-improper-use-by-apd-of-license-plate-reader-program/Two months after ICE arrested almost 50 people at a Hays County rental house on suspicion of Venezuelan gang affiliation, none have been formally charged, while their identities…
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