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Blacksburg Police Department: Automated License Plate Readers

Agency Blacksburg Police Department
Location Blacksburg, VA
Technology Automated License Plate Readers
Vendor ELSAG

The Blacksburg Police Department added an ELSAG license plate reader to at least one of their vehicles as early as 2010.

More about this technology

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