July 24, 2013
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Tracking
License Plates
He estim ates that the average
officer logs around 100 plates a
m ade the use o f the scanners d a y , w h ile th e 16 s c a n n e r-
public inform ation for the first equipped squad cars register the
time.
plates o f upwards o f 8,000 ve­
At a dem onstration event last hicles a day. They plan to con­
W ednesday, police displayed the tinue expanding the num ber of
technology and said they have squad cars with the technology.
increased the num ber o f squad
Police said the license plate re­
cars with the scanners from one cordings are not shared with out­
to 16.
side departments unless another
Police credit the scanners with bureau has reasonable suspicion
giving them valuable tools in re ­ that a specific car is linked to an
trieving stolen vehicles quicker, ongoing crim inal investigation.
and said they provide trem endous Portland has logged more than three
aid in outside investigations as million license plates through the
well.
system, more than Portland-Metro
“In the last three m onths alone area’s number o f registered motor
we have captured 70 vehicles that vehicles combined.
were wanted in connection with
The constantly updated data­
som e type o f crim e, and that base im m ediately alerts officers if
could include anything from a hit a scanned plate m ight be con­
and run, to a robbery suspect, to nected with a crime. The data is
even recently a rape suspect,” retained for four years.
said officer Garrett Dow.
The A CLU says the scanners
C om parative to the m anual are a "single, high-resolution im ­
m ethod o f running plates, the age o f our lives."
scanners allow officers to log
"T here's ju s t a fundam ental
significantly increase surveillance. question o f w hether we're going
“You don’t have to com e to a to live in a society where these
stop to read a plate. The license dragnet surveillance systems be­
plate reader is passive, so as the com e routine," said C atherine
officer is driving dow n the road, Crum p, a staff attorney with the
with his hands on the wheel and organization. The group is pro­
looking out into traffic, the li­ posing that police departm ents
cense plate reader is w orking,” im m ediately delete any records of
D ow said.
cars not linked to any crime.
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