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Fargo Police Department: Automated License Plate Readers

Agency Fargo Police Department
Location Fargo, ND
Technology Automated License Plate Readers
Vendor PIPS

Since 2010, the Fargo Police Department has had squad cars equipped with automated license plate readers. In 2018, the police department purchased four additional ALPRs for $60,000 from Pips Technology.

Links
News article (The Bismarck Tribune)
Meeting documents (The City of Fargo)

More about this technology

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