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  "path": "/story/26/05/27/0029246/company-behind-school-bus-ai-cameras-wants-to-share-footage-with-police?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-27T15:06:08.515Z",
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  "textContent": "joshuark writes: BusPatrol, a company that has installed AI-powered cameras in tens of thousands of school buses around the U.S., now plans to turn those cameras into automatic license plate readers (ALPRs), capturing the location of every vehicle the buses drive past, and give that data to law enforcement, 404 Media has learned. BusPatrol has already taken steps to share the collected data with law enforcement contracting giant Axon, according to leaked BusPatrol documents and a source with knowledge of the plans. BusPatrol has acknowledged how controversial its plan to collect and share this data is, pointing specifically to concerns about ICE using license plate data, but emphasizes the likely success of selling the angle of protecting children. \"Who would have thought that school buses would be turned into the mass surveillance state?,\" Michael Soyfer, an attorney from the Institute for Justice, which has various ongoing ALPR-related lawsuits The Institute for Justice argues that warrantless use of ALPR systems is unconstitutional, describing similar systems as a \"dragnet.\" Kate Spree, senior manager of brand communications at BusPatrol, said in an email \"This inquiry is based on a false premise and inaccurate information. BusPatrol does not pool or sell data across communities; student safety program data is used only to support the BusPatrol program in the community where that data was created.\" When 404 Media asked clarifying questions and said that the reporting is based on leaked BusPatrol material, Spree stopped replying to text messages and emails. This plan gives new meaning to the animated cartoon series \"The Magic School Bus\"... Further reading: FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers\n\nRead more of this story at Slashdot.",
  "title": "Company Behind School Bus AI Cameras Wants To Share Footage With Police",
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