Public Comments for: HB775 - License plate reader systems; use by law-enforcement agencies, civil penalty.
Last Name: De Campos
Organization: National Insurance Crime Bureau
Locality: Oak Brook, IL
Dear Chair Seibold and Members of the Subcommittee: On behalf of the National Insurance Crime Bureau, please find attached above a letter regarding HB 775. We thank you for your review and consideration. Respectfully,
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Comments Document
The Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police supports HB 775. License plate readers are an important and reliable investigation tool that have solved numerous crimes, as well as finding missing persons. The 30-day retention schedule is critical to be able to use LPR data to fully investigate and solve crimes. The attachment documents numerous cases where car thefts, abductions, violent crimes and missing person cases could only have been solved with LPR data. We believe that HB 775 has the appropriate guardrails to protect public interests while allowing law enforcement to use a valuable and reliable investigative tool.