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Chico PD granted ICE, Border Patrol, access to its ALPR data

Chico PD granted ICE, Border Patrol, access to its ALPR data

“We shouldn’t have been sharing,” says Police Chief Billy Aldridge
The Chico Police Department says it has shut off license plate reader data sharing that, until July 8, appears to have been in violation of California state law. Two weeks after ChicoSol requested public records related to the department’s Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) data sharing program, Chico PD said it stopped sharing data with federal and out-of-state agencies. Two …

Looking for the ‘z’

Last Monday is a column that appears the last Monday of the month.

Recently I realized that I didn’t know where the ‘z’ key was on my computer’s keyboard.  My memory’s been packing its things before leaving altogether, but I thought I could still type.

A.P. Porter

Then, when in reference to prison cops I tried to type lazy, I couldn’t.  I couldn’t remember where the ‘z‘ key was.  I hadn’t had to look for a letter on a keyboard since nineteen sixty, and now I had to figure out how to type a z. 

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Reader Comments

Jul 27
“Hypocrisy is VERY unbecoming! Do as I say : Not as I do!? I believe documentation demonstrating why this is such a fundamentally reprehensible, not to mention Unlawful behavior goes back to the…”
Jeff Vest on Chico PD granted ICE, Border Patrol, access to its ALPR data
Jul 26
“Congrats Chicosol for reporting this! You are reporting important news that the Chico ER and local tv networks are not covering. I hope the voters in Chico change the makeup of the…”
Walter Ballin on Chico PD granted ICE, Border Patrol, access to its ALPR data
Jul 26
“Absolutely! Billie, the buck stops with you. If you don’t resign, you should be fired. Feigned ignorance of the laws you violated is no defense.”
David Kennedy on Chico PD granted ICE, Border Patrol, access to its ALPR data
Jul 26
“Congratulations Chicosol, editor Leslie Layton, and reporter Elias Myers for breaking this story and the wonderful graphics it includes which show us just how large that network of data gathering and sharing…”
Carole Craig on Chico PD granted ICE, Border Patrol, access to its ALPR data

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