Grand Prairie Police Department: Automated License Plate Readers
An example of a Vigilant Solutions fixed-license plate reader.
Credit: Mike Katz-Lacabe (CC BY)
| Agency | Grand Prairie Police Department |
| Location | Grand Prairie, TX |
| Technology | Automated License Plate Readers |
| Vendor | Vigilant Solutions |
The Grand Prairie Police Department received over $190,000 in funding to purchase 10 Automated License Plate Scanners sometime before 2010. In 2017, the city approved a $90,000 contract with Vigilant Solutions for access to the company's ALPR software platform.
Links
News article (Texas Observer)
Meeting documents (Grand Prairie City Council)
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 example of a Vigilant Solutions fixed-license plate reader.
Credit: Mike Katz-Lacabe (CC BY)