INTELLIGENT LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY

License plate readers are cameras that capture a snapshot of passing vehicles rear license plate and extracts the characters off the license plate. Along with the license plate characters, LPR’s can also determine the make, model, color, type and issuing state of a specific vehicle.

LPR cameras utilize motion detection technology to capture a snapshot of passing vehicles. The AI engine then analyzes the snapshot and returns the vehicle license plate, issuing state, make, model, color and vehicle type along with a date time stamp and GPS coordinates. 

An LPR system can match license plate reads against NCIC, State and local hotlists. Once a license plate is read, the LPR system will match that license plate against the NCIC, State and local hotlist(s). If a match is found, the system will immediately send an alert to personnel. 

No. License plate reading cameras capture snapshots of passing vehicles based on motion. The cameras do not record video.

LPR cameras can be mounted on patrol vehicles for capturing snapshots of passing vehicles. The cameras can be fix mounted on existing poles or a Utility provided pole. Fixed cameras can be installed at intersections coming into and exiting the city and along strategic roadways within the city.

LPR’s do not capture information about who is driving or riding in a vehicle as that is considered personally identifiable information (PII). LPR cameras only capture the back of vehicles for objective evidence. It is not possible for the LPR cameras to detect race, gender, or provide facial recognition. 

No, they are completely different technologies. An LPR takes a snapshot of the rear license plate and vehicle and extracts the license plate characters using optical character recognition. Facial recognition focuses on the face or faces of people and uses different image databases for identification.  

LPR cameras use motion detection technology for determining when a vehicle passes by the camera, and then wakes up to take snapshots of the passing vehicle. 

All data is encrypted when in transit and at rest when stored in the cloud-based CJIS compliant. LPR data will only be shared with police agencies for investigative purposes and will never be sold to third party businesses. Any personnel will need permissions to access the LPR data and will need to provide a reason before starting each search. 

The LPR data collected is solely owned by the agency who collected it. Utility cannot access the LPR data collected by agencies and will never resell data collected by its clients. 

Each agency can set a data retention period for the LPR data collected. Once the retention period passes, that LPR data is permanently deleted from the platform. This period can be range from 30 days to 365 days. Any LPR assigned to an active case will be omitted from the retention process. 

 Witnesses of a hit and run were able to capture a partial license plate number of the car, which was provided to law enforcement. Armed with this information, law enforcement used POLARIS to lookup the partial plate within a 10-mile proximity. The results allowed law enforcement to find the full license plate number, and eventually the location of the suspect.

Using the BOLO feature in Polaris and mobile ALPR trailer, license plates from vehicles associated with rival gang members were entered as BOLOs in Polaris. Deploy the trailer at or around a popular nightclub area in town and whenever one or more of the vehicles pass the mobile trailer law enforcement was notified.

Using the BOLO feature in Polaris and mobile ALPR trailer, license plates from vehicles associated with rival gang members were entered as BOLOs in Polaris. Deploy the trailer at or around a popular nightclub area in town and whenever one or more of the vehicles pass the mobile trailer law enforcement was notified.