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Ottawa police are rolling out a new technology that allows officers to scan up to 5,000 licence plates per hour in an effort to crack down on road safety infractions and stolen vehicles.
The Automatic Licence Place Recognition device is already in use by several Canadian police agencies, including Ontario Provincial Police, though its use has raised concerns among some privacy advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union.
Ottawa police said the ALPR technology has been installed on one vehicle, and its implementation was done in consultation with the Ontario Privacy Commissioner.
“The Ottawa police will abide by privacy guidelines, based on our consultation with the Ontario Privacy Commissioner,” said Sgt. Robert Cairns, of the escort and traffic support services unit.
The primary concern among privacy advocates is the storage of data of “non-hit” vehicles – or vehicles which are scanned and recorded by the device, despite committing no infractions.
According to the ACLU, the policies vary widely among U.S. police and other agencies already collecting the data.
“Non-hit vehicles will be deleted from the database immediately, whereas positive hits will be retained for five years on the system for disclosure purposes,” said Cairns.
Funding for the ALPR was provided by the Safer Roads Ottawa Program.
The device is expected to aid police in identifying Highway Traffic Act violators, stolen licence plates and suspended or unlicensed drivers.
The system views licence plates and compares them to a provincial database. The officer is then alerted to any irregularities.
Those irregularities include:
Police said the ALPR system will also be used to alert officers to vehicles involved in a serious crime such as Amber Alerts, suspects in crimes and high risk offenders.
More to come
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The Automatic Licence Place Recognition device is already in use by several Canadian police agencies, including Ontario Provincial Police, though its use has raised concerns among some privacy advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union.
Ottawa police said the ALPR technology has been installed on one vehicle, and its implementation was done in consultation with the Ontario Privacy Commissioner.
“The Ottawa police will abide by privacy guidelines, based on our consultation with the Ontario Privacy Commissioner,” said Sgt. Robert Cairns, of the escort and traffic support services unit.
The primary concern among privacy advocates is the storage of data of “non-hit” vehicles – or vehicles which are scanned and recorded by the device, despite committing no infractions.
According to the ACLU, the policies vary widely among U.S. police and other agencies already collecting the data.
“Non-hit vehicles will be deleted from the database immediately, whereas positive hits will be retained for five years on the system for disclosure purposes,” said Cairns.
Funding for the ALPR was provided by the Safer Roads Ottawa Program.
The device is expected to aid police in identifying Highway Traffic Act violators, stolen licence plates and suspended or unlicensed drivers.
The system views licence plates and compares them to a provincial database. The officer is then alerted to any irregularities.
Those irregularities include:
- Stolen plates
- Misuse of plates
- Driving whilst disqualified (CC)
- Driving whilst suspended (HTA)
- Unlicensed driver
- Expired validation
- Persons wanted on warrant
Police said the ALPR system will also be used to alert officers to vehicles involved in a serious crime such as Amber Alerts, suspects in crimes and high risk offenders.
More to come
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