New Cop Toy

[uctofeej]

Pretty nifty camera that reads license plates while Johnny Law drives around: clicky

If you stole your feej, better not get near one of these things.

 

[GalaxyBlue]

Cool toy, but i am sure it has the ability to do alot more.

 

[ponyfool]

We just got one for testing. The one we have is a lot better at capturing than the one on this video.

 

[Checkswrecks]

DC has them on Ford Windstar vans and drives along rows of parked cars.

In the back of the van are wheel locks.

The DC government makes a lot of money on parking fines.

 

[TriggerT]

So COPS can't read plates on their own? That explains a lot of the tickets I have received.

Seriously, I have seen this technology around for a few years now, and it is both very cool, and a little scary.

 

[TheAxeman]

Our local LEO's here, along with the NYS police, have been using these for the last couple of months now routinely and seem to be enjoying quite a bit of success with them. The town police will park the vehicle in the middle of Main Street and troll for a while until they get a hit.

 

[uctofeej]

Our local LEO's here, along with the NYS police, have been using these for the last couple of months now routinely and seem to be enjoying quite a bit of success with them. The town police will park the vehicle in the middle of Main Street and troll for a while until they get a hit.

And it prolly doesn't take long to get a hit either.

 

[Pappy]

Overall I think this is pretty cool but should I be worried that the government is running around building a database of vehicle tags and their locations? That's what the guy said was one use of this pretty impressive tool. I also thought the police needed PC to run a plate. I guess this is an item for our professional LEO's and, gasp, any lawyers out there.

Seems like one possibility is that if someone runs from a traffic stop (assuming it's not stolen) the 'pursuit' could be transformed into a liesurely drive to the location the plate spends the most time at.

A 25 years ago I owed NYC a BOATLOAD of money in parking tickets. Thank God they didn't have this technology back then. If it's not abused or a violation of our civil rights, this is a pretty cool application of technology.

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