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Pittsburgh Police Department: Automated License Plate Readers

Agency Pittsburgh Police Department
Location Pittsburgh, PA
Technology Automated License Plate Readers
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The Pittsburgh Police Department has used automated license plate readers since at least 2015. ALPR data is fed into the Pittsburgh real-time crime center.

More about this technology

Cameras attached to fixed locations or to patrol cars that are used to track license plates.