[Scan-DC] City cop cars go high-tech

[b_thom@juno.com]

On Sun, 27 Apr 2003 13:27:37 -0400 "Bote Man" <trunksys@pobox.com>
writes:
> I did see an Oakland Park, Florida
> deputy driving around the parking lot of a grocery store
> very late one night a few months ago after I had done
> some last-minute grocery shopping at store open 24 hours.
> He was sitting in his car and just running tags of
> most cars in the lot as fast as he could. I guess they
> recover stolen vehicles or tags this way.

Motel parking lots are a fave place to check plates.