 This is a system that brings law enforcement, not just from trafficking but to the criminal element. It brings a high-tech nature to policing, particularly in relation to number plate recognition. Previously these vehicles used to detect just traffic offences, approximately 7,000 detections every hour throughout Queensland and now police will be anywhere, anytime and they'll be monitoring not just traffic offences but they'll be monitoring criminal offences right from break-and-annes, late-night burglaries, violent offences and linking those crimes to that particular vehicle. And crimes out there, please be warned that police will know where you are at any certain time and they will link you to that crime and I make no apologies for ensuring that police have the resources and the latest technologies to fight crime in Queensland. How many have we got of these, Minister? Look, we've got a number of covert vehicles right across the whole of the state and we've got a number of marked vehicles and at the present time we're trialling it for 12 months and they'll be spread right across the whole of the state so you won't exactly know exactly where they are or what they are doing and just for that criminal element just please be aware that they'll be matching your number plates up to offences that have been committed in your neighbourhood. This is a very significant expansion of some excellent technology previously been used for traffic enforcement only we're now going to move into the broader law enforcement environment so we're going to use the outstanding technology we've got here against all crimes across all suburbs throughout Queensland so this really is an important step forward for the Queensland Police. It's a wonderful innovation for us. This is all about being smarter about data acquisition, mining the data that we do get and using the capabilities that we have to greatest effect and this is a wonderful example of how technology makes us and helps us to work smarter, not harder. In real terms, can we have a hypothetical idea of how it's going to be used from now on? Yeah, exactly. Look there are going to be certain communities where crime is going to potentially spike might be offenders committing a certain type of crime in a particular area we will deploy ANPR both marked and or unmarked units into those areas so that we can get a better idea of who's travelling repeatedly around those areas if those particular cars are on hot lists as being wanted for questioning or wanted for interception for certain offences that'll immediately come up as the vehicle passes ANPR and those individuals and cars will be intercepted. And it's instantaneous isn't it? It is indeed. As soon as they drive past the car there's an instant recognition that that car and or the driver is wanted police can take immediate enforcement action and by doing that we anticipate we're going to certainly drive crime down. What types of crimes are you going to look at targeting? We're going to look at all crimes, break and enters, evade police, dangerous driving, unlawful use of motor vehicles. Anything where a offender is on a hot list and wanted for questioning by the police will be available to be looked at through this technology. The Queensland Police Service is doing some remarkable trials in relation to new technology that will advance the Queensland Police Service and also put a fear down the back of many criminals because no longer will they be able to drive with immunity around the streets of Queensland. These particular units will pick those vehicles up, they'll link them to the crime, they'll reduce the type of evidence and the police will previously used to take many days and if not weeks to collate. So by doing that it'll increase better enforcement and make our streets and our homes a great deal safer.