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Kootenai County Sheriff's Department: Automated License Plate Readers

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Agency Kootenai County Sheriff's Department
Location Coeur d'Alene, ID
Technology Automated License Plate Readers
Vendor PIPS

The Kootenai County Sheriff's Department, Coeur d'Alene Police Department and the Post Falls Police Department collaborated on an automated license plate reader program in 2005.

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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.