[cdestroyer]

Twice I have been camping in oregon forests only to have the local sheriff stop and ask me what I was doing.. Like duh! Then being told I probable wasnt allowed to camp there. I camped at a campground near bend oregon only to have the sheriff come by every day and take down all the license plate numbers which they then run thru the ncic data base to see if you might be wanted. I asked the deputy if they also checked out the license plates in the safeway parking lot. He looked at me like I was nuts. double duh! I washington north cascades there never used to be law enforcement except for the state patrol cruising the highway for people broke down and needing help. Last time I visited that area not only was there state patrol but a sheriff deputy patrolling the area... All you bad guys take heed the cops are looking for ya...ha ha har..........all this comes under the heading of lost freedoms for better law enforcement protection...

[treeswarper]

Hate to tell ya this, but documenting license plate info has been going on for decades, if you are camping in a troubesome area or look like you might leave pile of garbage, or leave your fire going. Nothing new.

[forest gnome]

So this opens up a question ....Should gang-members be treated as Domestic terriosts???..I think the military training (with the local police gang squads) opportunity's are being totally missed here.....your a gang-terriost? yep we can bust your door down!!! I don't understand why the media or ANYBODY has never mentioned gang-bangers being terriosts??? and yes I have actually been in jail on my way to prison with banger's so don't tell me I don't know shiiett... the other idea is to send ALL the hardcore criminals convicted on a certain level... to an automatic 2-3 years jobs program RE-building the roads and highways that are all crumbling...they would run it like the military...and have a serious job skill when out...it's a friggng no brainer!!

[Randito]

Not a lot of gang territory in the North Cascades https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1dfBmlx5gigiw5pUTy_4K5v9UOCE&hl=en_US

[Lono]

[Backpacker Joe]

Sacrificing liberty for safety started a while ago. Unfortunately its only going to get worse!

[NacMacFeegle]

I welcome more police presence in rural areas. In the past few decades more criminals seem to have moved out of the cities and into the country.

[jimmylegs]

You should be happy it's just your license plate. The cops have a database of 117 million faces.

[WANative]

[WANative]

[Sore Feet]

[fourteen410]

Having had access to a database used by private investigators and law enforcement, I can tell you that your license plate was likely already in the system long before it was run at the campground, regardless of whether or not you've had an encounter with the law.

[Seventy2002]

[Pyrites]

Once upon a time running plates was a verbal request, by radio through dispatch. Dispatch then accessed data, and gave results by voice. When data pathways became available directly from laptops in patrol vehicles the numbers went way up. Patrol officers run plates all shift long.

[fourteen410]