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WA may pump the brakes on police license plate readers

Seattle Now

KUOW News and Information

Daily News, News

4.7670 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Privacy in public is getting rarer and rarer because cameras are everywhere – including on police vehicles.  They have the ability to snap your license plate and let the system run the number. But this month some lawmakers are questioning: when do these license plate readers, mounted on roadways across the state, go too far? Investigate West reporter Daniel Walters joins us to break down the arguments on either side.

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Hey, good morning. I'm Paige Browning. It's Monday. This is Seattle now. Privacy in public is getting

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rarer and rarer because cameras are everywhere, including on police vehicles. They have the

1:03.2

ability to snap your license plate and let the system run the number. But this month,

1:07.8

some lawmakers are questioning when did these license plate readers mounted on roadways across the state go too far?

1:15.5

Investigate West reporter Daniel Walters joins us to break down the arguments on either side.

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But first, let's get you caught up.

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