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At 8:22 am on December 4 last year, a car traveling down a small residential road in Alabama used its license-plate-reading cameras to take photos of vehicles it passed. One image, which does not ...
An automated license place reader camera atop a streetlight near the corner of First Avenue and Cedar Street near downtown San Diego. (Photo by Gabrielle Wallace/Times of San Diego) Automated license ...
For years, license plate recognition (LPR) technology was viewed primarily as a law enforcement tool – mounted on patrol vehicles, fixed to traffic poles, and tied to stolen vehicle databases. In 2026 ...
Small cameras that come with access to a massive national database and powerful software are a growing tool for South Florida law enforcement. Controversy comes with them, too. License plate ...
The Cedar Rapids Police Department recently finished installing 70 stationary license plate reader cameras, which scan license plates and run them through national crime databases to search for ...