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Police call license plate scanners critical, but do they violate your privacy?
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Mass surveillance system nicks drivers
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Police Can Scan Between the Lines with License Plate Readers
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MCPD Wants to Keep License Plate Data Indefinitely
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Police Say License Plate Scanners Could Have Saved Lives In The D.C. Beltway Attacks
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NYPD Defends Tactics Over Mosque Spying; Records Reveal New Details On Muslim Surveillance
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Taser unveils new wearable police cameras, starting with BART
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ShotSpotter recording of street argument raises potential privacy issues
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Facial Recognition and Privacy
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License plate readers: A useful tool for police comes with privacy concerns
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Taser Axon, An On-Officer Head Camera, Wants To Make Everyone A Little More Liable
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Report on the Evaluation of 2D Still-Image Face Recognition Algorithms
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JPD To Buy License Plate Readers
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Maine PD to test license plate scanners
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On the agenda: Springfield City Council Regular Meeting — License Plate Reader (Mar 21)
The published agenda for the March 21, 2011 meeting contains: "License Plate Reader", "Automated License Plate". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
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License plate readers help cops catch more wanted motorists (With Video)
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New Developments In ALPR
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West Virginia State Police Tout License Plate Scanners
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Turk Telekom deploys traffic surveillance service in Ankara
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License plate cameras let cops zero in on potential lawbreakers
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License-plate readers becoming a fixture in local police arsenals
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On the agenda: Liberty Lake Agenda for the February 16, 2010 meeting. — surveillance camera (Feb 16)
The published agenda for the February 16, 2010 meeting contains: "surveillance camera". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
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Cameras for insurance verification considered
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UK Billboards Equipped with License Plate Spy Cameras
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On the agenda: Rankin County Rankin County Board of Supervisors Regular Board Meeting — License Plate Recognition (May 4)
The published agenda for the May 4, 2009 meeting contains: "License Plate Recognition", "ALPR". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
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Jack Cover, 88, Physicist Who Invented the Taser Stun Gun, Dies
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Jack Cover dies at 88; scientist invented the Taser stun gun
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Amnesty urges moratorium on Taser use after CBC/Radio-Canada probe
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How Bluetooth Surveillance Works
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Jeremy Clarkson tilts at windmills – Speed camera avoidance is an urban myth
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Birmingham City Centre CCTV Installs Visionics' FaceIt
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A police memory stick containing secret data is found in gutter
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Commons committee probes Taser use by police
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Canada: Privacy Commissioner Concerned Over License Plate Spying
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Automatic Number Plate Recognition Tutorial
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Police number plate cameras may breach RIPA - Commissioner
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CCTV network tracks 'getaway' car
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SPECS - average speed cameras on SPECS
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Forensic person tracking method and apparatus
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No hiding place? UK number plate cameras go national
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ANPR Strategy for the Police Service 2005/2006
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Gunshot-detection companies merge
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ShotSpotter merges with Centurist - Silicon Valley Business Journal
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Daily Express - Lights, Camera, Action
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On the agenda: Hayward Forestry Committee Regular Meeting — Surveillance camera (Feb 3)
The published agenda for the February 3, 2005 meeting contains: "Surveillance camera". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
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License Plate Recognition Algorithms and Technology
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License-plate spray foils traffic cameras
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