[Scan-DC] License Plate Readers

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The system compares tag numbers it captures to an on board data base that is updated daily. Then alerts the officer when there is match. 

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> I'm curious about just how this all works. Is someone watching a monitor in
> real time when alerted to a crime to see if a suspect vehicle passes
> through an intersection? Or is the information just stored and searched
> later to establish a time that a certain vehicle passed the camera? Plus,
> how good are they? On one hand, we have the total fiction of TV, mainly CSI
> shows and most Bellisario productions (NCIS et al), where someone types
> rapidly on a keyboard while looking at a fuzzy picture of a car and they
> are able to zoom in, enhance the image, and get a clear view of the license
> plate -- all in an instant -- and then plug the number into the DMV and get
> a full history on someone. On the other hand, it looks like the boot crews
> on "Parking Wars" are using this technology to scan plates as they drive
> around looking for ticket offenders -- with a pretty high rate of success
> on the hits.
> 
> I'm also concerned about the "Big Brother" aspect of all of this, from the
> government watching where people go and keeping track of that information.
> Yeah, the system may catch the occasional criminal, but the information
> could easily be used in other ways, from the government and businesses
> tracking employees (some companies already track via a GPS in a company car
> or truck) to an attorney getting the data to slam someone in a civil suit
> or divorce ("you say you were at your office all day, yet this photo shows
> your car passing through this intersection close to the No-Tell Motel. Were
> you headed to a secret rendezvous with your mistress?"). The upside, if
> there is one, was listed in the article, where the student researcher said
> he could track where the police had traveled based on the camera data. This
> could be used to show that someone is doing his job or is slacking off
> based on travels on his beat.
> 
> Bruce in Blacksburg
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