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Pueblo Police Department: Automated License Plate Readers

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Agency Pueblo Police Department
Location Pueblo, CO
Technology Automated License Plate Readers
Vendor ELSAG

The Pueblo Police Department began using ELSAG automated license plate readers in 2010. PPD added another ALPR system in 2018. The Pueblo Transportation Department also added Nupark ALPR systems, which is checked against the Pueblo Police Department's hot lists.

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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.