Around where I live, they are adding more and more License plate readers. They say it is for speed enforcement but have seen them be used for wanted felons and stolen cars. What is to stop them from using them to find those on the registry who have done nothing, but a rogue cop wants to harass the person on the registry and maybe even make up a fake reason to have them put “Back into the system”.

I have had several close calls myself. I got a flat tire in front of a school once and was freaking out when a deputy approached, but he actually helped me change my tire and get me on my way without incident. There are some decent officers and deputies who are not jerks.

The UK has done this to themselves and the US needs to stop it while they still can. This won’t stop at just PFRs, but everyone for one thing or another.

But those who harmed this country leading to the Patriot Act are laughing their as**s off at the internal destruction this country is going through including the mass surveillance ongoing.

These are just the vans. London has so much more surveillance already in place. It is of their own doing it has come to this point in the UK.

Well written analysis that covers the issue we face whether in FLA or maybe even in other states if FLA passes it and the courts allow it.

40 arrests and 30 charged which begs to know about the ten who weren’t charged. Were they mistaken ID by the camera?

The article is lacking details the public may want to know since it very pro-surveillance with the van cameras.

Read on the Patriots Act signed by Bush. The amount of surveillance on Americans is astounding.

While the UK is expanding facial recognition under common law powers, Florida’s 2026 Legislative Session is attempting to give these “hits” the power of Statutory Probable Cause. This is the “Trojan Horse” inside SB 482.

The UK Parallel: From Surveillance to Automation
The UK’s push for 50 LFR vans and a national facial recognition system is marketed as “revolutionary.” However, as seen in the High Court challenges there, the human “witness” is already being sidelined. Florida is taking this a step further by removing the human from the legal loop entirely.

The Florida Interlock (SB 482 + SB 212)
In Florida, the “Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights” (SB 482) actually creates a massive loophole for law enforcement. When combined with the new registry restrictions in SB 212/HB 45, we face a perfect storm:

Machine Inference as Law: SB 482 defines AI as a system that “infers from input.” This allows a computer’s calculation (like an LFR match or a GPS hit) to be legally enshrined as a substitute for a human officer’s “reasonable belief.”

The Invisible Minefield: SB 212 expands restricted zones to include all “public bathing places” (beaches, rivers, lakes). Because this is strict liability, the mere “inference” from an AI surveillance van that you are within 200 feet of a beach can now satisfy the requirement for a warrantless felony arrest.

The Black Box Witness: While UK activists can at least challenge the “common law” basis, Florida is shielding the logic of these AI systems as “critical security assets” (HB 1395). You cannot cross-examine the machine that ordered your arrest.

The Deadline is March 13
We are witnessing an “authoritarian drift” where high-tech efficiency is replacing constitutional checks. If these bills pass, the “Individualized Suspicion” required by the Fourth Amendment will be replaced by a proprietary algorithm that neither the public nor the judiciary can scrutinize.

We must act before Sine Die on March 13. I have a full briefing package mapping these statutory “handshakes” for anyone preparing testimony or amicus briefs.

@MP

It’s that time when a registered person is arrested for “Walking while registered”. It is getting out of hand with all this nonsense, pushing the limits to the law and such. I think they have already exceeded breaking the constitution, with us barely having any rights in their view.
Just when we think it cannot get any worse, we get more bad news.