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>In August 2024, the town of Cedar Grove held a routine city council meeting. There, they discussed raises for their crossing guards and the purchase of a new truck for the local waterworks.
>The last item on the agenda was whether to accept a donation of new automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras for the town’s police department.
>“We’ve received a generous donation of new ALPR cameras … a very generous donation that the police department is receiving,” the town’s manager said. “These are very heavily used tools in the law enforcement toolkit, so it’s good to add more to our belt.”
>The total monetary value of the donation was $37,004. In the approved resolution, the town detailed its provenance: an LLC based out of Encinitas, California.
>It just so happens to be the same LLC that property records list as the owner of a $9.5 million mansion in the town.
>The address for the LLC is also used for a number of other businesses, investment ventures, and a charity. All of which have the exact same manager.
>Aaron Rodgers.
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https://cedargrovenj.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/1065
https://www.bizapedia.com/tx/pantheraleo-investments-llc.htm...
My neighbor recently had her Jeep stolen. Someone has recently been in my car and glove compartment. This is awful and these people need to be caught and prosecuted.
But the fact that the government can track everywhere we go (they already can with smartphones) is the first step to punishing people for association or enforcing where we go. And these systems will be abused.