PHOENIX — A Senate panel has voted to put the first restraints on the ability of police to use license plate readers to find and track people.
Senate Bill 1111 would put into law requirements for how the data collected must be stored, who can access it, as well as penalties for unlawful disclosure. Legislators acknowledged that, for the moment, police departments are using it, all without any guidance and limits — other than what they impose on themselves.
But it is what is not in the measure that is causing heartburn for foes.
