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Tomball Police Department: Automated License Plate Readers

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Agency Tomball Police Department
Location Tomball, TX
Technology Automated License Plate Readers
Vendor

The Texas Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority gave the Tomball Police Department a grant to purchase automated license plate readers in 2022.

More about this technology

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.