Chicago police launch investigation into license plate reader misuse

Chicago Sun-Times and WGN-TV (Nexstar, Chicago) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedThe news comes as CPD invites residents to fill out an online survey — about a proposal that would tighten up the agency's rules surrounding any internal and external automated license plate readers.

What changedThe left frames it as "Chicago police investigating potential misuse of other agencies' license plate reader sys...". The center frames it as "Chicago police launch investigation into license plate reader misuse".

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Still Watching. The left frames it as "Chicago police investigating potential misuse of other agencies' license plate reader sys...". The center frames it as "Chicago police launch investigation into license plate reader misuse".

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Oct 26, 9:36 PM: Chicago Sun-Times joined the source map.

Oct 26, 11:19 PM: WGN-TV (Nexstar, Chicago) joined the source map.

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WGN-TV (Nexstar, Chicago)55m ago

Chicago police launch investigation into license plate reader misuse

The news comes as CPD invites residents to fill out an online survey — about a proposal that would tighten up the agency's rules surrounding any internal and external automated license plat...

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Chicago Sun-Times1h ago

Chicago police investigating potential misuse of other agencies' license plate reader systems

The Chicago Police Department is conducting an audit to determine whether cops abused their access to other law enforcement agencies’ license plate reader systems. The audit comes with a sl...

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