Tell Lawmakers to Reject HB 725 and Preserve Public Records

Take Action: Tell Lawmakers to Reject HB 725

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With Substitute House Bill (HB) 725, Republican state lawmakers are attempting to slam the door shut on Ohioans’ ability to learn how police are using automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) while also failing to address the serious invasion of privacy posed by this technology. The ACLU of Ohio opposes the use of ALPRs because they surveil us constantly without a warrant: tracking us from home to the grocery store, work, school, and anywhere in between.

By exempting law enforcement searches of ALPR data from publicly available records, this bill would prevent us from seeing who is conducting searches and for what purpose. For example, everyday activists in cities across the state are uncovering thousands of data searches for immigration enforcement purposes by agencies that collaborate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through submitting public records requests. HB 725 will render that local activism impossible.

TAKE ACTION: Tell the House Public Safety Committee to vote NO on HB 725. This hastily amended bill allows law enforcement to continue using ALPRs without any meaningful checks on their power.

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Members of the Ohio House Public Safety Committee

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TAKE ACTION: Tell the House Public Safety Committee to vote NO on HB 725. This hastily amended bill allows law enforcement to continue using ALPRs without any meaningful checks on their power.

The recipients:

Members of the Ohio House Public Safety Committee

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Subject Reject HB 725 and Preserve Public Records

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I am calling on you to protect Ohioans' access to public records and reject the mass surveillance status quo by voting NO on HB 725.

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Tell Lawmakers to Reject HB 725 and Preserve Public Records

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