Can Police Officers run your license plates without...

probable cause/traffic violation?

No. Police officers do not have the authority to run your License Plate number without probable cause/traffic violation.

1. Citizens harbor expectation of privacy for the information that is behind that number. It takes authority to obtain that information as it is not public information. Obviously, the plate number is visible for everyone to see, so the plate number harbors no expectation of privacy but the information behind that number does as we harbor privacy. Just Like you do for your glove box or physical driver's license.

a. It is an unreasonable search against the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution for a police officer to run your license plate without probable cause.

This also limits discriminations with police. If we want to build trust with the community, then we must uphold Police Officers manually or systematically running license plates without probable cause/traffic violation.

This category of police abuse encompasses racial profiling, improper search & seizures, false arrests, police brutality, verbal abuse, or improper hiring practices instigated by one’s race, gender, religion and/or sexual orientation. Types of Police Harassment, Brutality & Discrimination www.ronvil.com/forms-of-police-brutality-police-harassment-and-police-discriminati…

(LPR) License Plate Reader is systematically running license plates, leaving discrimination out. However, it is unconstitutional for an Officer to run your plate number for privileged information, it would then be unconstitutional for a systematic process as well as the office is still obtaining privileged information. Probable cause is required.

To say License Plate Readers are unconstitutional would mean Facial recognition employed by the Government would also be also unconstitutional. At this time, more research would be needed however, it appears unconstitutional.

Regarding the LPRs (License Plate Reader), I have some ideas how we can respect people's constitutional privileges and still utilize them.