Scott West grew up in Southern California, where his father was a longtime sheriff’s deputy. Scott drives around San Jose for the same reasons most people do—to meet friends, run errands, and go to doctor’s appointments, among other things. When he started noticing San Jose’s ALPRs popping up along his routes, he decided to look into them. What he found disturbed him. Although Scott respects law enforcement, he finds it unsettling that the city is collecting a record of his movements and making it widely accessible to people he’s never met, even though he’s never been suspected of a crime.
In April 2026, Scott and two other San Jose residents teamed up with IJ to file a federal, class action lawsuit challenging San Jose’s ALPR system.
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