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Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
Not quite the same thing as checking for car road tax/insurance violations I know but the Trafford Center near me has had number plate recognition in place since 1993 so locating these none compliant drivers wouldn't be beyond the scope of what is already in place I assume.
I understand from talking to local Police officers that being able to wait for their potential 'naughty boy' to wander back to their car in the car park is quite convenient.
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Quote from 2007 article ... Home Office minister Baroness Scotland praises security system built on Civica ANPR technology at Trafford Park shopping centre, Manchester, following reduction in car crime by 65 per cent.
Civica, one of the UKs most experienced providers of consulting, software and services for the public sector, working with Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has helped the Trafford Centre shopping complex cut vehicle crime by 65 per cent using its Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology.
The 285,000 ANPR system has been part funded by the Home Office and praised by Home Office Minister Baroness Scotland earlier this year after incidents at the shopping centre were reduced from an average of 40 per month to just eight. The Trafford Centre has approximately 20 million visitors each year.
A new extension means the ANPR camera system now covers 12,000 car parking spaces and, since its first installation in 2003, has led to the arrest of more than 100 offenders and the recovery of over 100 stolen vehicles.
Civicas ANPR system is integrated with the Trafford Centres existing CCTV technology platform and uses specialist cameras to capture images of number plates of all vehicles entering the area, day and night.
The ANPR software simultaneously compares the registrations with GMP and all its partners records of vehicles associated with criminals or crime - locally, regionally and nationally. If there is a match, the system instantly alerts the police force and its partners, the Trafford Centre and local retailers security teams.<snip>
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