Fitchburg Police Department: Automated License Plate Readers
| Agency | Fitchburg Police Department |
| Location | Fitchburg, MA |
| Technology | Automated License Plate Readers |
| Vendor | ELSAG |
The Fitchburg Police Department acquired license plate readers which scan 30,000 plates per month as early as 2010.
Links
Government information (Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security Office of Grants and Research)
News article (Boston.com)
Government budget/purchasing (ELSAG)
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.