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Falls Church Police Department: Automated License Plate Readers

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Agency Falls Church Police Department
Location Falls Church, VA
Technology Automated License Plate Readers
Vendor Thomson Reuters CLEAR

The Falls Church Police Department purchased access to automated license plate reader data via the CLEAR platform in 2019.

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.