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Technology
Plate Hunters
The current generation of Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) technology provides officers greater detail and scanning capability to capture numbers, letters, symbols and logos on traditional, printed and affinity plates. View these photos of real-world examples of license plates captured by this technology. And read our full article, "New Developments In ALPR."
February 15, 2011
Automated license plate recognition technology is constantly being refined to better discern images and alert law enforcement of offenders. View the following photos for real-world examples.
Technology
New Developments In ALPR
Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) technology has been the "oh, wow" gadget for the past few years, and with good reason. ALPR can identify, screen, and record the license plates of more vehicles than an entire squad of police officers could handle, and can do it with greater accuracy and no fatigue factor.
February 14, 2011
Photo: Zuma Press.
Technology
Tactical Operation Center Software
ELSAG North America
The Tactical Operation Center (TOC) software is used in conjunction with ELSAG North America's MPH-900 ALPR system by alerting dispatchers and additional patrol units immediately when an MPH-900 patrolling police car alarm occurs.
January 27, 2011
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Technology
New Uses for ALPR Systems
Some agencies are even assigning volunteer units to perform regular grid-based sweeps of their towns with ALPRs and then they just sit on the information. At least they sit on it until a detective needs to blow some jerk's alibi.
October 13, 2010
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Technology
EyeNet Releases License Plate Recognition Standard
The standard will provide companies with clear and simple guidelines set out in levels of 1-5, depending on how complicated the system is. Level 1 relates to simple systems such as car park number plate readers that rely on single language, infrared sensors.
August 7, 2010
Vehicle Ops
Missouri Agency Equips Patrol Car With 'Plate Hunter'
The system's three external cameras feed an on-board computer that scans every plate and runs it through police databases. If there's a match, an alarm sounds, allowing the officer to take appropriate action.
June 16, 2010
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Patrol
Curbside Justice
Encompassing everything from red curbs to alleyways, from metered parking spots to handicapped designated violators, parking enforcement is often seen as a nuisance. But it can also be a means of identifying red flags.
March 14, 2010
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Technology
Easy Readers
Can you accurately see and write down one license plate number per second while driving at up to 100 miles per hour, even with darkness or bright sun limiting your sight? Fortunately, there are automated systems that can do this for you.
October 18, 2009
ELSAG North America
Technology
ACLU Questions Dayton Police's License-Plate Readers
The Dayton (Ohio) Police Department has begun using license-plate readers to help identify stolen cars, respond to missing children alerts and pick up people with outstanding arrest warrants.
August 23, 2009
Special Units
Mexico to Start Screening Vehicles at Border
Unsupervised entry of cars and trucks from San Diego into Tijuana will soon be a thing of the past, Mexico's customs agency says. By midsummer, the Puerta Mexico checkpoint, through which drivers on Interstate 5 travel into Mexico, will be equipped with technology intended to help combat the southbound smuggling of guns, cash and other contraband by drug-trafficking organizations.
April 29, 2009
Technology
IACP 2008: Best of Show
As exemplified by IACP 2008 held in San Diego in November, IACP tends to be about big ticket items: vehicles, software, video systems. This year's IACP was no exception.
December 31, 2008
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