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Metropolitan Police Department: Automated License Plate Readers

Agency Metropolitan Police Department
Location Washington, DC
Technology Automated License Plate Readers
Vendor ELSAG

The Metropolitan Police Department acquired license plate readers from ELSAG as early as 2010.

More about this technology

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