How to Use License Plate Recognition (LPR) and Video Search in Arkiv VMS

Our Take

Inaxsys VP Alain Boisvert's walkthrough isn't a leak or an investigation — it's a sales pitch. But that's exactly why it's worth watching. This is a straightforward product demo showing how effortless it now is to bolt license plate recognition onto ordinary video management software and instantly search footage by plate number. No specialized hardware cult, no black-box mystique — just a feature you can add to a system your local strip mall or apartment complex might already own.

That's the real story here. Flock Safety gets most of the attention because of its scale and its police partnerships, but the underlying capability — turning cameras into a searchable plate database — is becoming a commodity feature across the entire security industry. Companies like Inaxsys are marketing it the same way they'd market motion detection or night vision. When plate-reading turns into a checkbox on a sales sheet, it spreads fast, with little public debate about who ends up owning that data, how long it's kept, or who gets to query it later.

Videos like this are useful precisely because they're mundane. They show the plumbing of mass surveillance being installed one commercial contract at a time, far from any city council hearing. If you want to see how far that plumbing has already spread in your own neighborhood, check our camera map, and if you'd rather push back than just watch, our take-action page has next steps.