[Scan-DC] VSP video cameras on car

[Watson, Chuck]

But license plate covers are everywhere in Md, DC or VA.

Regards, 
Charles Watson 
MITRE | 7515 Colshire Drive | McLean, VA | 22102 
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From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Frank Carson
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:35 AM
To: Sean Hoyden; scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] VSP video cameras on car

In Maryland license plate covers have been illegal for YEARS - at least as 
long as I've been policing here -which is about 21 years.  That was WAY 
before photo RADAR, photo red light cameras, tag scanners, etc.

Frank Carson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean Hoyden" <sean.hoyden at gmail.com>
To: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] VSP video cameras on car


Forgot to add, I'm told from a friend with the VSP, that the system has
considerable difficulty reading license plates with reflective or tinted
covers over them.  If that's true, imagine it won't be long before they
start outlawing those plastic covers people use out of some misguided sense
of protection from photo-enforcement cameras, and by consequence license
plate frames.

On a related subject, I wonder if mounting a couple of high output or
infrared LED's on either side of your license plate facing directly to the
rear would screw up the reader sensitivity?



On 3/24/09, Sean Hoyden <sean.hoyden at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> They've been using this system in Northern New York (St. Lawrence County
> Sheriff) where I'm originally from for a few months now, so it's
> proliferated even down to smalltown USA as well.  I'm guessing that it's
> been funded largely by homeland security grants that went into effect in
> FY09 for much of the country.
>
> Sean
>
>
>  On 3/24/09, michael rumberg <m_c_rumberg at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> here are two links with interesting information on ALPR systems in use 
>> and
>> how James City PD, VA, extols its virtues.
>>
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>>
>> http://www.jccegov.com/pdf/bospdfs/bospdfs2009/031009bos/e2_mem.pdf
>>
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>>
>> http://hackedgadgets.com/2006/12/24/automated-license-plate-recognition-alpr/
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