Rose Bay Police deploy ANPR system to their Highway Patrol

The Rose Bay Police Highway Patrol have unleashed a new weapon in their array of on-board technology. SGT Gibbs was accompanied by the rest of his Highway Patrol team to test the newly installed ANPR. (Mobile Automatic Number Plate Recognition).

Seven trial units were installed state wide for three months in September 2009. On the 23rd February 2011, the Rose Bay local area command had finally received their unit for permanent use.

Due to its high cost, only one unit has been allocated to the local command, however this device works in a highly efficient way.

The ANPR has 3 infrared cameras, one directed to the right front, one to the left front, and finally, one to the immediate left. The system is operated by a computer and images captured are processed by the Optical Character Recognition software. Two scans can be done simultaneously, using multiple cameras.

The left camera has the ability to·capture number plates as a patrol passes through intersections, processing the·registrations at right angles to the police car.

The system is updated on a daily basis to ensure the database is kept current. Warnings can be set for Unregistered, Stolen, and other cars that may be of interest to the Police.

Their first operation was conducted between 3:00am and 4:00am early Saturday morning on Victoria St, Darlinghurst. The officers were conducting RBT duties, vehicle safety checks, as well as seat belt checks in taxis.

A number of passengers were detected and fined for failing to use their safety restraints.

The operation concluded with one positive breath test and at least one vehicle triggering the required "warning" criteria.

SGT Gibbs and his highway patrol team are excited by the installation of the new technology and feel confident that it will be of great assistance to their work.

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• nsw
• police
• rose
• bay
• highway
• patrol
• ANPR
• number
• plate
• scanner
• sydney
• australia

[kingofpirateonline]

lol at 0:15 the number plate does not match lol. fail

[adriandorward]

BLA BLA BLA BLA

[Leowen2]

This 0.05 is nonsence it should be 0.00 for every driver.

[Reegatron]

Australian police at work: criminals catching criminals...Gotta love it.