OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR)— License plate readers have been legal in Oklahoma since 2018, but a state lawmaker wants to know if law enforcement may be using them illegally to some extent.

Republican State Rep. Tom Gann says there is a lot of gray area when it comes to these cameras, saying there is nothing to govern their use or misuse.

"What they've been using is as a reason to just be able to track your tag, saying that it's all public and it shouldn't be any big deal," Rep. Gann said. "So, we want to bring that in and talk about why that is an error."

The Compulsory Insurance Law allowed license plate readers for the first time in the state, as a way to identify those driving without insurance.

However, Rep. Gann says the cameras have been misused, pointing to a case last year in McClain

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