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CCTV Network Tracks Getaway Car

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the but-can-it-recognize-a-good-deal-on-car-insurance dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The BBC is reporting that a 'pioneering number plate recognition system in Bradford played a vital role in the arrests of six suspects' after the murder of a Policewoman - within minutes of Friday's shootings, police were using the system to track the suspected getaway car." From the article: "When a car is entered on the system it will 'ping' whenever it passes one of our cameras, which makes it a lot easier to track than waiting for a patrol car to spot it."

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  1. So that's OK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So because it has one good use does that mean we should ignore all the possible misuses?

    1. Re:So that's OK by Stickerboy · · Score: 5, Insightful

      "So because it has one good use does that mean we should ignore all the possible misuses?"

      I don't know. Have you deleted your Peer-to-Peer filesharing programs yet?

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  2. Re:Shooting?? I thought the UK had strict gun cont by close_wait · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Probably explains why there are about 35 fatal shootings each year in the UK, and 11,000 in the US.

  3. Re:So sophisticated... by tolan-b · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1984 was also deliberately extreme to show the problems with a surveillance society, as is often the case in fiction.