It doesn’t have to do with lazier, it has to do with more effective. There are plenty of benefits from automatic license plate reads and other technologies designed to make life “easier” for officers. Quite frankly, I pay my registration and when I break the law by running red-lights or not having proper tags, then I know I deserve a ticket, I’m not some flaming douche-hole that thinks I deserve some special dispensation because in my opinion, this section of the law shouldn’t apply to me. You don’t want tickets? Don’t do illegal things.