Indiana lawmakers looking at license plate cameras amid growing privacy worries

Indiana lawmakers looking at license plate cameras amid growing privacy worries

A petition to ban automated license plate readers in rural Lawrence County garnered 500 signatures in four days.

Indiana lawmakers looking at license plate cameras amid growing privacy worries | Public backlash over such cameras is intensifying, but Indiana law says little about use of the technology

Indiana lawmakers looking at license plate cameras amid growing privacy worries - Dubois County Free Press, Inc.

by Mackenzi Klemann, Indiana Capital ChronicleAugust 24, 2026 A petition to ban automated license plate readers in rural Lawrence County garnered 500 signatures in four days. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is investigating one of its officers for reportedly accessing the department’s license plate network for personal use, which the Washington Post reports went undetected... The post Indiana lawmakers looking at license plate ca…

Rural Resistance: How a 518-signature petition ignited Lawrence County’s fight against license plate surveillance

LAWRENCE COUNTY – A grassroots effort across rural Lawrence County has gathered 518 signatures, as of Monday morning, on a petition demanding an immediate ban on automated license plate readers (ALPRs). What began as a neighborhood conversation quickly escalated into a high-visibility debate over Fourth Amendment rights, government overreach, and the creeping presence of surveillance technology along southern Indiana’s backroads. Shutterstock R…