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Nevada Highway Patrol: Automated License Plate Readers

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Agency Nevada Highway Patrol
Location Carson City, NV
Technology Automated License Plate Readers
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The Federal Drug Enforcement Agency’s Nevada High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program assigned 4 automated license plate readers to the Nevada Highway Patrol Interdiction Task Force Team in 2009.

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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.