La Mesa residents are torn on whether potential license plate readers coming to their community are a crime-fighting tool or a form of Big Brother. The city of La Mesa is eyeing the purchase of twenty license plate readers: a tool that El Cajon police say has already helped them make dozens of arrests. While supporters of these license plate readers said that they provide an invaluable crime fighting tool, opponents counter that they are a high-tech invasion of privacy. FULL STORY: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/la-mesa-eyeing-purchase-20-new-license-plate-readers/509-0d7f3e62-0fd3-4f58-ba10-d42e5b90f39c