Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs)
Submitted by BridgetB on September 30, 2021 - 4:44pm
Our community is facing a crisis of gun violence. Over the past few years, we’ve experienced an increase in shootings, injuries, and deaths. People are obtaining more powerful weapons and have used them to shoot indiscriminately into homes, cars, and public gatherings. There are many long-term solutions and short-terms steps that must be taken to disrupt the pattern of retaliatory shootings. One of the tools that is being successfully used in other cities to identify vehicles involved in shootings and other crimes is the Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR).