AI License Plate Readers Are Cheaper—So Drive Carefully
AI License Plate Readers Are Cheaper—So Drive Carefully
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
January 31, 20202m 50s
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Show Notes
The town of Rotterdam, New York, has only 45 police officers, but technology extends their reach. Each day a department computer logs the license plates of around 10,000 vehicles moving through and around town, using software plugged into a network of cameras at major intersections and commercial areas. “Let’s say for instance you had a bank robbed,” says Jeffrey Collins, a lieutenant who supervises the department’s uniform division.
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