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License plate readers remain subject of controversy, confusion in Nebraska despite law
- Andrew Wegley
- Sep 11, 2022
- Sep 11, 2022 Updated Oct 16, 2023
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An automatic license plate reader mounted on the grille guard of a Lancaster County Sheriff's Office cruiser.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star file photo
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Lancaster County Sheriff's deputies patrolling Interstate 80 on Sept. 1 pulled over a GMC Acadia that was linked to a Grand Island fraud case earlier in the day — occupied by four Los Angeles residents who had allegedly used a stolen credit card and ran up a five-figure bill at a Best Buy in the central Nebraska city.
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An automatic license plate reader mounted on the grille guard of a Lancaster County Sheriff's Office cruiser is tied in with a network of data maintained by Vigilant Solutions, the software developer owned by Motorola that provides the plate readers to law enforcement agencies across the country.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star file photo
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State law requires law enforcement agencies that deploy plate readers to submit an annual reports to summarizing their practices and use of the plate readers. In Lancaster County, the sheriff's office has not submitted a report since June 2019. Lancaster County Sheriff's Office
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'We need to get him out' — Lincoln man, police officer reflect on rescue of driver from southeast Lincoln pond
Top Journal Star Photos for September
Lincoln North Star runs out before a football game between Millard South on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022 ,at UBT Stadium in Lincoln.
NOAH RIFFE Journal Star
Nebraska's student section cheers on the Huskers during a timeout in the fourth set against Ohio State on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, at the Devaney Sports Center.
KENNETH FERRIERA Journal Star
Nebraska players dogpile onto Madi Kubik after she scored match point against Ohio State in the fifth set on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Luke Bryan performs during his 2022 Farm Tour show on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, at Stock Hay & Grain Farm in Murdock.
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Fans cheer as Luke Bryan performs during his 2022 Farm Tour show on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, at Stock Hay & Grain Farm in Murdock.
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Norfolk's Brooklyn Branz (left) high-fives Kierstyn Linn (right) after making a catch in the sixth inning against Lincoln East on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, at Doris Bair Complex in Lincoln.
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York players warm up as the sun begins to set before the Dukes' game against Waverly on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Waverly.
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Norfolk's Ava Borgman reaches out for a ball hit by Lincoln East on Tuesday, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, at Doris Bair Complex in Lincoln.
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Nebraska head coach John Cook waves to the crowd after his 800th career win after defeating Michigan State, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at Devaney Sports Center.
JUSTIN WAN Journal Star
Pita & Naan's Omar Attaie (right) and his father, Mahboob Attaie, pose for a portrait at the restaurant, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Lincoln.
JUSTIN WAN Journal Star
Supporters of Earnest Jackson, including cousin Millie Rush (from left), mother Brenda Jackson-Williams and cousin Sabrina McGraw, all of Omaha, gather in a circle after the Nebraska Board of Pardons denied his request for a sentence commutation in September.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star file photo
Oklahoma wide receiver Jalil Farooq (3) celebrates after scoring a touchdown against Nebraska in the first quarter Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
Nebraska's Anthony Grant (10) hurdles Oklahoma's Kani Walker (26) and Damond Harmon (17) on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Nebraska interim head coach Mickey Joseph takes the field with the Huskers before the game against Oklahoma on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Lincoln High's Liam Thew (33) warms up before Friday's game between Lincoln High and Grand Island at the Beechner Athletic Complex.
NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
Lincoln Southeast's Max Buettenback (25) reels in an interception over Lincoln North Star's Braeden Sunken (7) and his teammate Nate McCashland (3) during the first quarter Friday at Seacrest Field.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Workers assemble a set for Fox Big Noon Kickoff show, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022 at University of Nebraska Union, in Lincoln.
NOAH RIFFE Journal Star
Lincoln East's Kamdyn Roebke catches a pass against Lincoln Northeast on Thursday at Seacrest Field.
NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
Lincoln East's Hudson Davy races toward the finish line in the boys varsity race during the Harold Scott Invite on Thursday at Pioneers Park.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Cross country runners compete in the Harold Scott Invite on Thursday at Pioneers Park.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
State Sen. Suzanne Geist of Lincoln (left) is cheered on by her husband Mark Geist as she announces her bid to be Lincoln's next mayor on Wednesday at MoMo Pizzeria & Ristorante.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Nebraska's Bekka Allick (5) reacts after dropping a point in the first set against Stanford on Tuesday at the Devaney Sports Center.
NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
Mickey Joseph speaks at his first news conference as Nebraska's interim football coach Tuesday. “For right now, my No. 1 focus and the staff’s focus is the players, that we make sure that they’re OK," he said.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
Sam Simpson on Friday walks through a field of U.S. flags set up in memory of those who died on 9/11, Friday, Sept. 9. Volunteers placed 2,977 flags at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's East Campus and wrote thank you cards for local firefighters, law enforcement and residents at the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Healthcare System.
KENNETH FERRIERA Journal Star
A Nebraska fan reacts to a missed field goal as time expired in the Huskers' 45-42 loss to Georgia Southern on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Memorial Stadium.
NOAH RIFFE Journal Star
Nebraska wide receiver Trey Palmer (3) can't pull in a pass against Georgia Southern on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Memorial Stadium.
NOAH RIFFE Journal Star
Lincoln Southwest's Jack Baptista (3) dives for the pylon against Lincoln East on Friday, Sept. 9, at Seacrest Field.
NOAH RIFFE Journal Star
Lincoln North Star's Dylan Hallett (3) tackles Kearney's Kole Throckmorton (91) on Thursday, Sept. 8, at Seacrest Field.
NOAH RIFFE Journal Star
Aurora's Carlos Collazo (left) is tackled by Ashland-Greenwood's Logan Sobota (center) and Thomas Spears (right) during a run in the second quarter Friday, Sept. 9, in Ashland.
KENNETH FERRIERA Journal Star
Ashland-Greenwood's Dane Jacobsen practices throws during warmups before the Bluejays' game against Aurora on Friday, Sept. 9, in Ashland.
KENNETH FERRIERA Journal Star
A look at Nebraska's light show after the third quarter of the Georgia Southern game Saturday, Sept. 10, at Memorial Stadium.
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Scott Frost enters a truck to exit Memorial Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 11, after he was fired as Nebraska's head football coach.
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Eli Soell of Lincoln (right) celebrates a Nebraska touchdown against Georgia Southern on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Memorial Stadium.
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Georgia Southern's Kyle Vantrease leaps over Nebraska's Ernest Hausmann (bottom left) and Luke Reimer (bottom center) to score the game-winning touchdown on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Memorial Stadium.
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Nebraska's Kaitlyn Hord celebrates after scoring a point against Long Beach State on Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Nebraska volleyball head coach John Cook (left) talks with Tyler Hildebrand, Long Beach State's head coach and a former assistant at Nebraska under Cook, on Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Devaney Sports Center.
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S-E-M's Creyton Line (left) grabs the helmet of Parkview Christian's Alex Rohrbaugh on Friday, Sept. 9, at Larry and Carol Frost Field.
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Nebraska head coach Scott Frost walks off the field after the Huskers lost to Georgia Southern on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Memorial Stadium.
NOAH RIFFE Journal Star
Nebraska's bench reacts to a play during the match against Creighton on Wednesday at CHI Health Center Omaha.
NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
Nebraska's Lindsay Krause (22) hits a ball past Creighton defenders on Wednesday at CHI Health Center Omaha.
NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
A airman walks along the wing of now retired WC-135C/W, during a retirement ceremony for the final "nuke sniffer" aircraft used by The Fightin’ Fifty-Fifth at the Lincoln Airport on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Lincoln, NE. The WC-135 Constant Phoenix is a special-purpose aircraft derived from the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter and used by the United States Air Force. Its mission is to collect samples from the atmosphere for the purpose of detecting and identifying nuclear explosions. It is also informally referred to as the "weather bird" or "the sniffer" by workers on the program and international media respectively. The 55th Wing will retired one of it jets and welcomed its latest during a 1 p.m. ceremony at the Lincoln Airport. The Fightin’ Fifty-Fifth officially retired the WC-135C/W and officially welcomed WC-135R tail number 4836 to its fleet. Tail 4836 is the first of three WC-135R deliveries to the wing, while tail 2667 is the last of the old WC-135C/W fleet to be retired.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Shawna Fosket holds a Super Punch, a punch needle tool she's worked to develop. A Kickstarter campaign has raised almost $6,000.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
Lincoln High's Faith Van Eck (left) attempts to block Lincoln Northeast's Genna LeMay in the second set at Lincoln Northeast on Tuesday.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Nebraska's Nicklin Hames (center) reacts after a serve by Lexi Rodriguez (right) won the second set for the Huskers at the Devaney Sports Center on Saturday.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Nebraska's Bekka Allick (left) and Nicklin Hames celebrate after a Husker kill against Mississippi in the second set at the Devaney Sports Center on Saturday.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Nebraska linebacker Ernest Hausmann takes the field before the game against North Dakota on Saturday. Hausmann, a true freshman, played 40 snaps in the game.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Nebraska edge rusher Garrett Nelson walks off the field after the Huskers' win against North Dakota at Memorial Stadium in September. Nelson announced Tuesday that he will enter the NFL Draft.
Journal Star file photo
Nebraska running back Ajay Allen celebrates his fourth-quarter touchdown against North Dakota on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
A first-quarter moon rises over Memorial Stadium toward the end of the Nebraska-North Dakota game on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Nebraska's Anthony Grant (left) tries to break loose from North Dakota's Marcus Vaughn-Jones (9) on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Nebraska coach Scott Frost talks with North Dakota coach Bubba Schweigert before Saturday's game at Memorial Stadium.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
Fans arrive at Memorial Stadium before the North Dakota game on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
Nebraska head coach Scott Frost high-fives a young fan before the North Dakota game on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Lincoln High players Adonis Hutchinson (2), Javon Leuty (22) and Beni Ngoyi (8) walk out of the tunnel before taking on Omaha Northwest on Friday at Beechner Complex.
NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
Lincoln Southeast's Henry Woods (top) is brought down by Lincoln East's Carter Tempelmeyer on Friday at Seacrest Field.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Mario Garcia of Lincoln, a passenger on the first flight to Houston early Friday, picks up souvenirs at Lincoln Airport's first flight ceremony.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
Lincoln North Star's Jace Coleman (14) is tackled by Lincoln Northeast on Thursday at Seacrest Field.
NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
Lincoln North Star players celebrate after winning a softball game against Lincoln Pius X Thursday at Doris Bair Softball Complex.
NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
Nebraska's Lexi Rodriguez (center left) and Madi Kubik (top right) celebrate with their team Kubik's match-ending kill against Loyola Marymount on Thursday at the Devaney Sports Center.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Nebraska's Madi Kubik (top left) reacts after a kill by teammate Lindsay Krause (center) against Loyola Marymount on Thursday at the Devaney Sports Center.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Danish artist Julie Sass works Wednesday to assemble her show, “IMAGE: temporary constellation,” at Fiendish Plots at 2130 Magnum Circle.
NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
Construction of the new football training complex has progressed to the point that fans will be able to access the northeast corner of Memorial Stadium this season.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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An automatic license plate reader mounted on the grille guard of a Lancaster County Sheriff's Office cruiser is tied in with a network of data maintained by Vigilant Solutions, the software developer owned by Motorola that provides the plate readers to law enforcement agencies across the country.
- JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star file photo
An automatic license plate reader mounted on the grille guard of a Lancaster County Sheriff's Office cruiser.
- JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star file photo
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