“Its a slippery slope if you invade their privacy at their homes because the knee-jerk reaction by politicians will be to pass legislation that keeps their home addresses out of official record and instead turn them into even “more” of a protected class. “
Here in California all LEOs (and their immediate families) automobile registrations are kept secret. This number includes all non-sworn members of law enforcement like dispatchers and secretaries. Even the white hats at the airports. Result, a white hat at LAX was able to run up a five figure tab with his FasTrak transponder and never get caught until the Orange County Register did and expose on toll violators which showed that LEOs were at the top of the list by a wide margin.
LEOs usually park their [free-use, free-maintenance, free-gasoline, free-of-property tax] cruisers in their yard....a dead giveaway to where they live.
Politicians have specially designated plates/tags that stand out, so if they don’t have a garage, you can pretty much tell where they reside.
> Here in California all LEOs (and their immediate families) automobile registrations are kept secret. This number includes all non-sworn members of law enforcement like dispatchers and secretaries. Even the white hats at the airports. Result, a white hat at LAX was able to run up a five figure tab with his FasTrak transponder and never get caught until the Orange County Register did and expose on toll violators which showed that LEOs were at the top of the list by a wide margin.
Corruption is one the reasons the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) was passed, especially when they’re operating on public funds (something tyrants forget). If they ever try to strip the public of it, rest assured they are up to no good and about the put the citizens in chains, rape them, or both.