-=> Quoting Rich Willbanks to Dave Smith <=-
 DS> If you question the legality of it, there must be some
 DS> specific legal point upon which you base your objection? 
 DS> What can be possible be illegal about running plates? The
 RW> The same way it can be illegal to search someone with
 RW> out a reason.  Courts have ruled in the past, I think
 RW> it has been over ruled/changed, that it is illegal to
 RW> randomly check license plates. 
You think it has been over ruled or it definitely has been? Running a
plate is not like an illegal search. The officer is merely comparing what
the plate is attached to with what the plate is registered to in the
appropriate jurisdiction's records.
 
 DS> to be doing it. I trust that you are not suggested that this
 DS> form of investigative work is illegal because it might be
 DS> more productive in a black neighbourhood than in a white
 RW> I'm fairly sure it was ruled illegal based on
 RW> unreasonable search.
An unreasonable search involves searching the individual or his residence,
car etc. The only thing being searched by a computer check is the
jurisdiction's records, and any officer with a mobile computer already has
access to those records.
I check all sorts of license plates in the course of a day. It's amazing
how many of them come up expired, terminated, missing or unattached, or
registered to vehicles much different from the one to which it is supposed to
be attached.
... Backup not found: (A)bort (R)etry (S)lap nearest innocent bystander.
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