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Newark Police Department: Automated License Plate Readers

Agency Newark Police Department
Location Newark, DE
Technology Automated License Plate Readers
Vendor Vigilant Solutions

The Newark Police Department used a Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant to purchase its first ALPR system from Major Police Supply in 2009 and has purchased additional systems since then, including from Vigilant Solutions.

More about this technology

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