July 10, 200718 yr http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2007-06/30675878.jpg The Mobile Plate Hunter 900, even sounds high tech and it is. It’s a product of Remington-Elsag Law Enforcement Systems, a partnership between Remington, the firearms company and Elsag, an Italian company that developed high speed character recognition systems for the post office. Adapting their system to work on a patrol car, it can read a license plate at normal patrol speeds, check it against a computer database of stolen vehicles and notify the officers if there is a positive match. Officers manually confirm the match before stopping the car. It has been tested in Ohio and is currently being tested in Los Angeles, California and it is currently installed and in use in Italy and other countries. High rates of crime in any area lead to the need to respond in an effective way. Whenever tested, this system has resulted in the recovery of many stolen vehicles and the arrest of many thieves and other criminals. It’s a good use of technology. http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2005/06/17/license-plate-scanners/ This thing is connected to a super computer type data base that as the police car drives down the street or through a parking lot it scans and sends the info to a data base.IF you have outstanding tickets, warrants ,stolen car, insurance expiration even (the cop doesn't have to do anything just drive down the street) The computer beebs and voice squaks .. stolen car! or ...Traffic warrants ECT.... a powerfull new tool
July 10, 200718 yr doesnt really seem big brotherish it doesnt invade privacy at all its just a tool to what officers could do but dont because its obviusly too complex and generally unsucessfull
July 10, 200718 yr Author doesnt really seem big brotherish it doesnt invade privacy at all its just a tool to what officers could do but dont because its obviusly too complex and generally unsucessfull this morning I saw a news story on this (it tests 2000 plates a minute) wOw ... before the officer had to go emm that car looks suspicious Ill run the plates .. now he can be looking at a mini skirt babe in the other direction and..... BEEB stolen vehicle!!! It can be in the parking lot across the other way true no privacy issue but really powerful this is the wave of the future like stop light cameras its here to stay
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