Cities around the Bay Area are lining up to get automated license plate readers, but the data shows mixed results at best.
As cities around the Bay Area are clamoring for ideas on how to combat crime and curb carjackings, more municipalities are turning to cameras for help. KTVU dug into the data to see if this technology really works.Cities around the Bay Area are clamoring for ideas on how to combat crime and curb carjackings, leading more municipalities to turn to license-plate-reading cameras for help.
Bowers said Piedmont's license plate reader system works because of several complementary components: The city haswhich captures movements of people in the city and works in conjunction with the license plate readers. Officers have the ability to respond to stolen car hits in real time. It also helps that Piedmont is a tiny, affluent city of 11,000 residents that hasn't had a homicide since July 1999.
Piedmont Police Chief Jeremy Bowers talks with an automated license plate reader behind him. Piedmont has 39.Piedmont's enthusiasm for the license plate readers is inspiring cities to want the same technology, as well. Automated license plate readers, known by their acronym of ALPR, are cameras that scan license plates and take pictures of the rear plate and the rear part of the car.
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