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AyatollahGondola
09-22-2008, 08:06 AM
http://www.sacsheriff.com/media/0918_rcpd_plate_reader.cfm


Rancho Cordova Police Department Deploys New
Automated License Plate Recognition System
The Rancho Cordova Police Department (RCPD) has recently deployed a patrol car equipped with an automated license plate recognition system (ALPR). The ALPR cameras are integrated with the patrol car’s onboard computer-aided-dispatching (CAD) computer and automatically take photographs of every license plate within their view. The system then compares them with license plate numbers in a statewide database. This database contains license plate numbers reported as Lost, Stolen, or as a Wanted Vehicle. If a match occurs it immediately alerts the officer, displays a color photograph of the vehicle, and a close-up photograph of the license plate.
On the first day of deployment over 4,000 license plates were read. Of those, two vehicles were stopped that had license plates reported as lost or stolen, and one vehicle was recovered that had been carjacked.
The media is invited to ride-along with an officer to see this valuable new law enforcement tool in action. Those interested may contact RCPD Sergeant Pete James to schedule an appointment.
Sergeant Tim Curran,

not5150
09-22-2008, 09:07 AM
These readers have been around for a few years. The tech is still very cool though.

LAPD has a license plate scanning car that shoots out GPS tracking darts. Cool thing is, the darts can be fired from a keyfob in case the driver takes offs while the officers are out of the car.

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33491/113/

IrishJoe
09-23-2008, 08:16 AM
Cool thing is, the darts can be fired from a keyfob in case the driver takes offs while the officers are out of the car.

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33491/113/



Because that is the first thing I'll be thinking of doing when the car I've stopped takes off.....

AyatollahGondola
09-23-2008, 08:56 PM
These readers have been around for a few years. The tech is still very cool though.

LAPD has a license plate scanning car that shoots out GPS tracking darts. Cool thing is, the darts can be fired from a keyfob in case the driver takes offs while the officers are out of the car.

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33491/113/
Wonder if any officers would ever be in the way of one of those darts fired with the key fob when they were out of the car? Nah...that would never happen

not5150
09-24-2008, 01:11 PM
Wonder if any officers would ever be in the way of one of those darts fired with the key fob when they were out of the car? Nah...that would never happen

It would certainly hurt because the "dart" uses self-heating glue. Hopefully it's a series of buttons instead of just a "fire" button.