automatic-content-migration. Arizona’s Department of Public Safety is testing a new scanner in police cars that can read the license plates of passing cars.

License plate readers capture vast amounts of data on innocent people. Because of the way the technology works – these devices snap photos of every passing car, not just those registered to people ...

Commissioners will decide on Monday, July 21, whether to approve a contract with Flock Group Inc. to install cameras that ...

Law enforcement officials said the scanners can be crucial to tracking suspicious cars, aiding drug busts and finding abducted children. License plate scanners also can be efficient.

The data are also funneled to Maryland's Intelligence Center, which connects and monitors 367 license plate readers around the state. Assistant U.S. Attorney Harvey Eisenberg oversees the network.

After Vester Flanagan fatally shot television reporter Alison Parker and photographer Adam Ward in Virginia, police were able to track down his car thanks to technology that scans license plates ...

CORNISH: Farivar lives in Oakland, Calif., where license plate readers have been used by police since 2006. For a recent story, he was able to get all of the data collected over a nearly four-year ...

A new scanner system will help York police keep a close eye on the community.Officers have a new tool that will focus on license plates.Cops will soon be able to scan and record the license plates ...

License plate readers are rapidly reshaping private security in neighborhoods, bringing police surveillance tools to the masses with an automated watchdog that records 24 hours a day. That's ...