High-tech wow for police is a privacy worry for some

By CHRISTINE VENDEL
The Kansas City Star
Aug. 04, 2010

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Police Officer Chris Hayes wouldn’t dream of manually checking all the license plates on a line of cars parked in downtown Kansas City to see if any car had been reported stolen.

That would take too long.

But by using an automated license plate reader, Hayes and his partner can run all the tags while driving past — without even tapping the brakes.

Kansas City police last month joined a growing number of area cities that have installed automated license plate readers on some patrol cars.

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