ANPR and Licence Plate Recognition
Automatic number plate recognition is the most widely deployed police AI system in the UK, reading tens of millions of plates each day against national databases. Coverage here follows network expansion, retention periods, access controls, and the growth of equivalent commercial systems such as Flock Safety in the United States.
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Flock Safety will require all of its customers to adopt an "Audit Assistance" feature to track abnormal uses. The company says it will also hold licence plate data for only seven…
US Customs and Border Protection officers have misused surveillance databases to spy on family members, pursue dates and pass intelligence to drug traffickers. Freedom of…
Licence plate readers such as Flock cameras are being targeted for vandalism around Metro Detroit. The devices use artificial intelligence to snap photos of all passing vehicles.…
Flock AI surveillance cameras misread licence plates more than 70 per cent of the time, according to a new study. The errors lead to false police alerts involving innocent drivers.
Local police are pushing to use autonomous drones. The move comes amid viral resistance to mass surveillance from licence plate-reading cameras. Residents across the country are…
Mysuru Police is set to install 400 AI-enabled cameras across state and national highways in the district. The ₹5 crore project will track traffic violations and read number…
Flock Safety is using emotional stories about automatic licence plate readers helping to rescue children to promote its technology. This comes as concerns grow about the dangers…
Police in Wapello County, Iowa, have instructed officers to hide their use of automated licence plate readers from vehicle occupants and in official reports. Public records show…
Indonesia's Traffic Corps has introduced facial recognition technology to its ETLE cameras. It will use the technology to identify traffic violators with fake or missing licence…
The police department of Roseville, California, has found that AI surveillance cameras misread licence plate numbers in 71 per cent of cases. An analysis of nearly 1,500 reports…
Flock Safety has made a coordinated effort to get police agencies to lobby political leaders, according to a document. The technology firm wants law enforcement to persuade…
A legal challenge has been filed alleging that Wichita's use of artificial intelligence-powered licence plate readers violates the Kansas Constitution. The lawsuit characterises…
Roadside safety advocates state that some automated licence plate readers may fail to meet highway safety standards. Flock Safety cameras have been heavily criticised for years…
The Town of Taos Council has voted to remove $54,000 from the local police budget, ending a contract for 18 AI surveillance cameras. Operated by technology firm Flock Safety, the…
Honolulu Police Chief David Lazar plans to expand automated licence plate readers across Oahu. The technology will feed into a real-time crime centre scheduled to begin in August…
Haveri Police in Karnataka have implemented an Integrated Traffic Management System using Artificial Intelligence and Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology to detect…
Reno is expanding its use of Flock Safety licence plate readers, with critics warning of associated privacy risks. Meanwhile, nearby Sparks is switching away from Flock to Axon.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexico state Governor Delfina Gómez have unveiled two artificial intelligence-powered police robots, named CeCi and K7, to support law…
Technology company Axon is deploying the "Axon Lightpole", an artificial intelligence surveillance system that installs licence plate-reading cameras into existing streetlight…
Police officers in Lafayette, Indiana, spent seven months testing an artificial intelligence tool called Form One, developed by Axon to automatically generate administrative…
The ACLU of Massachusetts has launched a legal toolkit designed to help defence lawyers expose covert police surveillance technologies used in criminal cases. Distributed through…
Surveillance technology vendor Flock Safety has announced that it will end a pilot using acoustic gunshot detection devices to identify signs of human distress. The company…
Tech companies at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Technology Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, promoted a wide array of artificial intelligence tools to automate…
At the International Association of Chiefs of Police Technology Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, technology companies marketed a wide range of artificial intelligence tools…