REPORTER: WE'RE RIDING ALONG

WITH A PITTSBURGH PARKING

ENFORCEMENT

OFFICER.

THIS VEHICLE CAN AUTOMATICALLY

READ EVERY LICENSE PLATE IT

PASSES.

THERE'S A PROPOSAL TO

LET

PITTSBURGH POLICE TAP INTO THIS

DATA SO THAT THEY CAN LOCATE

STOLEN CARS, CARS IN AMBER

ALERTS OR OTHERWISE WANTED BY

THE LAW.

THE PARKING ENFORCER WE'RE

RIDING WITH IS NOT A POLICE

OFFICER.

BUT SHE AND THE PARKING

AUTHORITY USE TECH

CITY POLICE

DON'T HAVE.

HE PROPOSES CITY POLICE SHARE IN

REAL TIME THE DATA THEY GATHER

WITH THEIR EYES ON THE STREET.

AS OF TODAY IF WE ENTERED

THATS LICENSE PLATE AND THEY

NEEDED TO BE

BOOTED FOR FAILURE

TO PAY TICKETS, AN ALARM WOULD

GO OFF.

ALL WE'RE SEEING IS ADD

THAT

SAME ALARM FOR STOLEN VEHICLES

AND AMBER ALERTS.

REPORTER: THAT INFORMATION COULD

IMMEDIATELY FLAG

POLICE IF

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE CAR.

DYLAN SAYS IMAGINE

IF YOUR CAR

WERE STOLEN, OR WORSE, YOUR

CHILD WERE ABDUCTED.

THE

CITY OF PITTSBURGH WROTE

A PARKING TICKET TO THE CAR AND

IN NO WAY PICKED UP THE FOUND

THAT WE

FOUND YOUR VEHICLE, HOW

UPSET YOU WOULD BE.

REPORTER: SOME ARE UPSET ABOUT

THIS IDEA FOR OTHER

REASONS.

I DON'T AGREE WITH IT, I

THINK IT WOULD INVADE PEOPLE'S

PRIVACY.

WHERE YOUR CAR PARKED REVEALS

A GOOD BIT ABOUT

YOU AND IS THAT

SOMETHING THAT THE GOVERNMENT

SHOULD BE AND NEEDS TO BE

COLLECTING?

REPORTER: THEY SAY PRIVACY WILL

BE SAFEGUARDED, AND

THE DATA IS

NOT STORED FOR MORE THAN 24

HOURS.

WE ALREADY HAVE THE DATA,

WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY NEW DA

TAVMENT.

IT'S ALREADY OUT THERE,

LICENSE

PLATE DETECTION CAMERAS

ARE OUT THERE.

IN ANY PUBLIC AREA, IT'S NOT