Beginning in January 2024, the Prescott Valley Police Department will be installing automated license plate reading (ALPR) cameras to reduce and solve crime within the town limits of Prescott Valley. The cameras are thanks to the Rocky Mountain Information Network, along with grants provided by the Arizona Department of Homeland Security and the Arizona Department of Emergency Management.
ALPR cameras send a real-time alert to law enforcement when a stolen car or known wanted suspect from a state or national crime database is detected. They also send alerts if a vehicle associated with a local case, or a missing person in an AMBER or Silver Alert is detected.
ALPR cameras also helps law enforcement solve crime by providing the objective evidence needed for investigations. According to the International Association of Chiefs of Police, 7 in 10 crimes are committed with a vehicle. ALPR cameras capture license plates and vehicle characteristics, not people or faces. Each search requires justification, and the data is never sold or shared with third parties. The cameras are used to reduce and solve property and violent crime. They are not intended for minor traffic or parking violations, cannot determine vehicle speed, and do not record video.
Prescott Valley Chief of Police Bob Ticer said, “This technology will allow our department to better serve our community members by reducing crime as well as the fear of crime and improving traffic safety which will lead to a safer Prescott Valley.”
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2 thoughts on “Prescott Valley Police to Install License Plate Reading Cameras to Help Solve Crimes”
I read the article twice. So how does the picture of a suspect vehicle’s license plate become a factor? Are all license plates passing a camera or all plates photographed by police units used to create a data base? Is supporting data from each vehicle registration captured and maintained? If a BOLO is entered the PD still has to locate the vehicle with or without the license number.
Today, all stopped vehicles of suspicious nature will have the driver and vehicle plate run through the state database. The “grant” used to purchase equipment still was our tax dollars either, local, state or federal. It was not free.
Ah, the camel noses under the tent. This must be challenged on a constitutional basis. Mass surveilance’s first step, sold as a public safety issue. Sounds like Kalifornistan S.O.P. I’m pro-police but more pro privacy, haivng escaped the creeping ceding of my civil rights to governemt overreach at ALL levels.
If PVPD can unilaterally institute an invasive program under initally stated terms, what prevents them from further acts, via policy change or other, that slowly remove our God-given rights in our foundational documents?
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