Somebody is completely missing the point of sunshine laws. Get meeting minutes from a closed-session meeting of a regulatory agency, get the itemized expense account of your state legislator, get something that shines the sun (hence the name) on the inner workings of the government!
To think such laws are about tracking your neighbor is sheer idiocy, and doing so is a gross misapplication of the law.
The point -
What the state police did was unconstitutional under the 4th amendment. Publishing the list was unconstitutional under the 4th amendment. I would guess that is the reason they removed the list. If I had gotten to the list before it was removed I would have contacted each person and suggested they do a class action suit against the paper, writer, and the state police.
Also, I do not believe that the state police have the right to maintain a database. They also do not have the right to require Social Security Nos. The SSN must be given voluntarily per federal law.