Surveillance Cameras To Scan License Plates
patric:
(TULSA, Okla.) March 19 - An extra set of high tech eyes could be making
its way to the Tulsa Police Department. This new equipment can spot a
stolen car with in seconds.
http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=856a5ca0-76e2-4ca8-a256-6382af8368ff
So now TPD is testing the MPH 900 cameras that can read a license plate.
“All you got to do is drive and it's going to do it for you." In that
time, the machine will alert Officer David Hickman if the tag is from a
stolen car.
It can even spot cars Officer Hickman didn't see. “It reads it and
there’s no way I could turn around and get all the information on the
tag. It can do it so much faster than a human can."
Officer Hickman says it's not just reading stolen car information. The
system is linked directly to the National Crime Information Center.
So any cars that police believe are linked to crimes will set off the
alarm. "That's going to lower the crime rate, because you're going to
get the shooting suspects and violent crime suspects off the streets."
Right now the Tulsa Police Department is doing a test with the camera
for about two weeks. They cost $20,000.
http://www.wired.com/cars/energy/news/2005/06/67864
http://www.remingtonelsag.com/mobile_hunter.htm
http://webserver.computoredge.com/editorial/2449/in1print.htm
Mike G:
If it's the same one, I saw the test car a few weeks ago by UDE. It had two large black camera boxes mounted to the trunk pointing forward off the car. Hopefully they'll get the smaller ones that mount on the roof and have almost 360 degree viewing. Of course that's a pretty penny for that system. I didn't realize they were that expensive.
sgrizzle:
Oh nos! Big brother, Real ID, skynet!
I would park these things on the major roadways going out of town. Theoreticaly, many stolen cars are driven straight out of town (or to a junk yard) and it'd be nice to stop them on the way out, or at least catalog where they're headed.
TeeDub:
They can't afford cameras to help keep their officers safe and honest, but they can spend double that amount....
Whatever... This just shows how broken the system is.
Wilbur:
quote:Originally posted by TeeDub
They can't afford cameras to help keep their officers safe and honest, but they can spend double that amount....
Whatever... This just shows how broken the system is.
You wouldn't rather spend money to catch bad guys? Really?
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