ALPR Research & Reports

Jurisdictions throughout the nation and around the world are continuing research on current operations, emerging best practices, performance metrics, and business benefit realization. 

ALPR Policy & Privacy

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Owners of motorized vehicles driven on public thoroughfares are required by law to annually register their vehicles with their state bureau or department of motor...

ALPR News

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Law enforcement use of automated license plate readers is often reported in local, regional, and national media. News stories reviewing the deployment and use of...

ALPR FAQs

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Frequently Asked Questions:

How does Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) technology work?
ALPR systems generally consist of a high speed camera with an infrared (“IR”)...

About ALPR

ALPR systems function to automatically capture an image of the vehicle’s license plate, transform that image into alphanumeric characters using optical character recognition or similar...

Public Recording of Police

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), with funding from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), developed a training toolkit addressing the…
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