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Eden Prairie Police Department: Automated License Plate Readers

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Agency Eden Prairie Police Department
Location Eden Prairie, MN
Technology Automated License Plate Readers
Vendor

The ​Eden Prairie Police Department purchased four automed license plate readers for squad cars in 2017 and purchased an addition 13 ALPRs for $20,000 in late 2021.

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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.