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.
Links
Press release (Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority)
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.](https://atlasofsurveillance.org/files/technologies/6/alpr_600x_600.png)