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A comment on “No Cost” License Plate Readers Are Turning Texas Police into Debt Collectors. Parent comment

Re:“No Cost” License Plate Readers Are Turning Texas Police ... by jimbobimbo on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @04:42PM (#10976334)
Tickets should not be used for profit generation. It's a form of punishment and determent.

Plus, for how long +25%? For the time it paid off the system or perpetually? Is there a price on other "commercial" usage of collected data?

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Re:“No Cost” License Plate Readers Are Turning Texas Police ... by Eldarrion on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @05:43PM (#10976823)
Nobody said it's a 'lease to own' situation with the system. Never mind that it includes computing time and server-side calculations and database access so chances are it is a system that is simply being 'leased' to the police at the cost of 25% added value to all transactions made possible through it.
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