Increase in License Plate Readers in The USA

The presence of license plate readers in the USA is no longer limited to the state and it is used by the police departments in their work when they want to find the owner of the car. Police have been tracking people’s cars using cameras which then capture the license plate number of every vehicle which passes by. It is a technology which can be described as mass surveillance.

It is possible as a private citizen to use the devices which are normally referred to as automatic license plate readers or ALPRs without being restricted to data collection laws by law enforcement.

With the ALPRs in the hands of the civilians, it allows for broad use of applications which include:

·         School security

·         Customer service.

There is a 3000% increase in the use of ALPRs

Since they have been geared towards state, local, and federal law enforcement use, there is an increase in its usage. They can be installed on streetlights, utility poles, in police cars, overpasses, within traffic cones and digital speed signs which shows how fast the driver has been driving.  Once the plate of the vehicle has been photographed, and the time and date and location recorded, there is an algorithm which checks it against the database of the cars which are being looked for by the cops.

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