"This technology can be abused" and "this technology provides no public-safety value" are two entirely different claims. Saying their ability to solve crimes i

"This technology can be abused" and "this technology provides no public-safety value" are two entirely different claims. Saying their ability to solve crimes is "limited to the humans using the tools" isn't much of an argument against the technology. That's true of fingerprints, DNA databases, radios, firearms databases, and virtually every other investigative tool. A police officer can misuse a DMV database to stalk an ex. That means the officer should be prosecuted and access to the database tightly controlled. It doesn't demonstrate that DMV records have no legitimate investigative purpose. The same reasoning applies to LPRs. By the way, that mom that was arrested? The kid was 5 years old, and was intentionally sent to a pond.