Indianapolis police test camera-scanner that reads license plates [priv]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[Why not have thousands of these camera-OCR devices? At every traffic 
light and stop sign? And record where everyone is going all the time? It 
would surely help catch some bad guys -- right? --Declan]


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Subject: Scanner Helps Ind. Police Find Stolen Cars
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 16:07:22 -0700
From: Dan Fingerman <fingerman () aya yale edu>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>

Of potential interest to Politech readers:

Scanner Helps Ind. Police Find Stolen Cars
By Associated Press, 17 July 2006
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-07-17-license-plate-reader_x.htm

   INDIANAPOLIS -- Lawrence police officers are using a new scanning
   device that can quickly identify stolen cars. The system has helped
   the department recover 21 stolen cars in seven weeks. It uses two
   cameras attached to a squad car that scans license plates and
   compares them in less than a second to a nationwide FBI database of
   reported stolen vehicles.

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