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Wayne County Sheriff's Office: Automated License Plate Readers

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Agency Wayne County Sheriff's Office
Location Goldsboro, NC
Technology Automated License Plate Readers
Vendor ELSAG

In April 2017, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office filed a request to reallocate $10,000 for the purchase of two new automated license plate readers, one of which was a replacement for a broken camera.

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Automated license plate readers are cameras attached to fixed locations or to patrol cars that capture every license plate that passes. The data is uploaded to searchable databases with the time, date, and GPS coordinates.

An illustration of a police car with cameras aimed at another vehicle.