Peterborough Police Outfitted Traffic SUV With Automated Licence Plate Recognition System
/The Peterborough Police Service’s Traffic Management Unit just unveiled its newest crime prevention and proactive policing program: The Automated Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) system.
Three cameras installed on traffic SUV's roof
HOW IT WORKS...
-> Using infrared technology, the ALPR system—consisting of three sophisticated cameras installed to the roof of a Traffic Unit SUV (see pictures)—scans licence plates at a rate of three plates per second.
-> The system looks for violations including but not limited to expired validation stickers, stolen licence plates and suspended and unlicensed drivers.
-> The ALPR works in conjunction with the new in-car tablets which also contributes to the officers’ efficiency.
Traffic Sergeant Jeff Chartier and Traffic Constable Cameron Kenny demonstrate the technology
Traffic Sergeant Jeff Chartier says that the camera system reads licence plates and compares the plates to a known list that is downloaded daily. This includes information regarding stolen plates, unattached plates, prohibited and suspended drivers.
The system also allows for officers to input licence plate information for various alerts, including AMBER alerts where time is of the essence.
Traffic Constable Cameron Kenny demonstrates the new technology