More Than Just License Plate Readers
The newest LPR systems feature artificial intelligence and enhanced capabilities that improve their accuracy and utility.
October 7, 2020
The newest LPR systems feature artificial intelligence and enhanced capabilities that improve their accuracy and utility.
October 7, 2020
Innovative new body cameras, radios, and training simulators were among the stars of this year's show.
December 16, 2019
A dizzying variety of hardware and software tools are now available for police operations. But are they actually being used? We sent a special survey out to law enforcement officers to find out. Here's what we discovered.
October 18, 2019
Rekor's Watchman software converts your existing surveillance and traffic cameras into an automated license plate recognition system that can help you close cases quickly.
October 16, 2019
Brekford Traffic Safety's Argos Guardian Move Over Camera is designed to mount to an officer's vehicle and document move-over violations to make officers safer.
May 1, 2018
License plate recognition is one of the most effective but most misunderstood crime prevention tools available to law enforcement.
April 3, 2018
What if you could install one product on a patrol car that provided capability for automatic license plate recognition, facial recognition, and speed and parking violation detection? Billed as the first and only smart patrol in the world, Ekin's Patrol G2 is designed to do just that, in the form of a fully functioning lightbar.
February 7, 2018
Agencies use in-car technology to solve crimes, such as LPR used to identify and arrest a thief in Kansas who was targeting local churches earlier this year.
December 6, 2017
Here's a look at the products that caught our eye at this year's International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) show held at Philadelphia's Pennsylvania Convention Center.
December 4, 2017
Today we throw around the term "smartphone" with emphasis on the "phone" part of the word. But our real attention should be paid to the "smart." The processing power of these devices and their capabilities go far beyond cellular telephony. And manufacturers of law enforcement technology products have taken notice.
February 8, 2017
Here are some of the latest LPR products for law enforcement on the market right now.
April 7, 2016
Automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology allows law enforcement officers to quickly recognize expired tags and identify and locate stolen vehicles. But it's also often instrumental in finding wanted and missing persons and solving a wide range of crimes, including homicides.
March 23, 2015
Although law enforcement officers are given considerable leeway for reasonable mistakes, you don't get much slack for unreasonable mistakes that result from hasty reactions to bad information that comes from your own official sources.
August 8, 2014
Many state legislators are listening to the ACLU and others who want to rein in LPR operations. New Hampshire already bans the use of the technology except at toll stations, and other states are considering legislation that to some degree would change the way agencies use LPR.
April 17, 2014
New technology and modern practices are saving wear and tear on everything from budgets to personnel. In an era of doing more with less, it just makes sense.
November 22, 2013