{"article":{"id":122071,"heading":"LAPD now scanning license plates","author":"server213.com newsroom","created":"2005-02-04 19:15:06","modified":"2013-11-11 00:32:06","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:32:06","article":"<p>City police have been trying out new technology which may find its way into patrol cars across the city. <br><br> Using PlateScan from Civica software and some externally mounted cameras, the officers now have instant access to the data of all the vehicles they pass throughout their shift. <br><br> According to the LAPD: &ldquo;This system has the ability to scan, recognize and process the plates of several hundred cars within a 15 minute period. The license plates are automatically cross-checked in real time against a number of local and national database to identify vehicles that are of interest to law enforcement.&rdquo; <br><br> Ten stolen vehicles were automatically detected during the first week of tests using one unit. <br>  <br> <\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.server213.com\/News\/020305_lapd_license_plates.html","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"LAPD have new 'Big Brother' tech","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2005\/02\/122071.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}