Friday, October 12, 2007

License Plate Recognition Tools Led to Abduction Arrest

Demian Bulwa writes in The San Francisco Chronicle:

The swift arrest of a San Jose man in the abduction of a 12-year-old girl this week was aided by an eye-opening gadget that can scan the license plates of a street full of cars and instantly alert police to which vehicles have been reported stolen.

It was a breakthrough moment for license plate recognition, a technology that is spreading to law enforcement around the Bay Area - and is prompting privacy concerns.

More here.

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