Homeland Security’s SAVE program — Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements — was originally intended to help state and local officials verify the immigration status of individual noncitizens ...

The governor’s pen recently halted an Inland Empire state senator’s attempt to rein in how police use data from automated license plate readers. Walters: Dana Williamson’s indictment reveals a hidden ...

EL CAJONEL CAJON — The day the El Cajon Police Department turned on dozens of cameras that scan the license plates of passing vehicles, the new system started getting hits. One alert led law ...

Civil rights advocates are concerned about police use of automatic license plate readers, which capture and store vehicle information. Police departments say the technology is a great tool that helps ...

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A sample Indiana driver’s license featuring a star in the upper right corner, denoting it is REAL ID-compliant. REAL ID goes into effect in May. The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s ...