Illinois is targeting immigration officials who try to hide their license plates

[progree]

Source: NBC News via MSN

CHICAGO -- Illinois is attempting to crack down on federal officers who try to disguise their vehicles in pursuit of undocumented individuals.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias on Wednesday launched "Plate Watch," a hotline urging the public to report instances where law enforcement vehicles are not carrying valid license plates, including when the plate IDs are partially shrouded or entirely missing.
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A Giannoulias aide said that, as this intensified enforcement has played out in recent weeks, the Secretary of State's office received reports from anonymous callers complaining of varying violations: different license plates on the front of the vehicle than in the back, no license plates on either the front or the back, plates that are partially masked, or the same vehicle carrying a different license plate from one day to the next.
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"Swapping out license plates or tampering with them to avoid or conceal detection is illegal, unsafe and will not be tolerated in Illinois," Giannoulias said in a statement. "No one, including federal agents, is above the law, and we intend to hold them accountable, especially while driving on our roadways. This is a matter of public safety and protecting the wellbeing of our communities."

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/illinois-is-targeting-immigration-officials-who-try-to-hide-their-license-plates/ar-AA1OZKDI

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Especially noteworthy, this proactive action (from the 2nd paragraph above):

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias on Wednesday launched “Plate Watch,” a hotline urging the public to report instances where law enforcement vehicles are not carrying valid license plates, including when the plate IDs are partially shrouded or entirely missing.

[groundloop]

1. Those J6 insurrectionists and Proud Boys keep trying to hide their identity.

[MichMan]

2. Assuming they have jurisdiction over Federal vehicles, what is the penalty?

Is it against the driver personally, or the vehicle owner?

[MarineCombatEngineer]

3. I believe on state & local roads the Ill. police have jurisdiction,

now on Interstates, I'm not sure, but generally, state police have jurisdiction also.

I believe if a fed. vehicle has mismatched, missing, or fictitious plates, the police can have the vehicle towed and the driver cited, not the owner of the vehicle, it's like if I borrowed my friend's car and got pulled over for speeding, he wouldn't get the ticket, I would.

[MichMan]

5. In a commercial vehicle with a plate violation, that means the driver would be the one responsible not the employer.

I used to drive a box truck decades ago making local deliveries. I would have been pissed to get a ticket and fined for something my employer did considering I was making only $4 per hour

I thought speeding was considered a moving violation with fines and points while a plate violation is considered an equipment violation with no points.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

7. ....

In a commercial vehicle with a plate violation, that means the driver would be the one responsible not the employer.
I used to drive a box truck decades ago making local deliveries. I would have been pissed to get a ticket and fined for something my employer did considering I was making only $4 per hour

I'm an owner/operator, so in my case, it would be me getting the ticket, not sure what the law is on company trucks, I've never drove for a trucking company unless you count my company.

I thought speeding was considered a moving violation with fines and points while a plate violation is considered an equipment violation with no points.

You are correct, however, if I get pulled over because of an equipment violation, I can be shut down until I get the problem fixed and inspected by either Fed. or State DOT, if it's something like unregistered vehicle, fictitious plates, no insurance, they can tow the vehicle and it would cost a ton of money in towing and storage fees along with the legal fees involved.

[orangecrush]

4. Guess we're gonna find out

[Captain Zero]

6. Get the VIN NUMBERS too. If possible.

That could help determine if the plates and registrations were a mismatch.