Skip to main content

Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities
with Open Source Research



Include the following technologies:

El Paso Police Department: Automated License Plate Readers

Agency El Paso Police Department
Location El Paso, TX
Technology Automated License Plate Readers
Vendor Skycop

According to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute: "The El Paso Police Department has used ALPR since 2006, and currently operates 23 mobile units with ALPR.  Besides the mobile units, the El Paso Police also own six ALPR‐equipped trailers that can be parked alongside a roadway. The trailers include a radar system and 'your speed is' display that faces approaching traffic, while the ALPR camera is positioned on the opposite side to read rear license plates as vehicles pass it." 

More about this technology

Cameras attached to fixed locations or to patrol cars that are used to track license plates.