In 2015, Texas passed a law to permit police to install credit card readers in patrol vehicles, purportedly to let people pay their frines instead of going to jail. The credit card readers come with a 25 percent service fee.
At the same time, law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over I-10 east of San Antonio and I-35 between San Antonio and Austin have signed contracts with Vigilant Solutions, a license plate reader company, with the aim of stopping drivers who have outstanding traffic warrants.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation warns that this turns police into mobile debt collectors for a private company, reports Watchdog.org’s Jon Cassidy.
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