The town of Mount Hope, New York, is adding six license plate reading cameras to fight crimes such as car theft, according to Police Chief Paul Rickard.
Four cameras are already up and running, with two more to be added in the coming weeks, he said.
On their first day in operation, the cameras helped police locate a stolen car within hours of the complaint, Rickard told The Epoch Times.
The cameras capture a still image of any passing vehicle from the back and automatically translate the image into searchable information such as vehicle make, color, and license plate number. Images are stored for 30 days before they are overwritten by new ones….