Sgt Paul Kear, who oversees policing for Rutland, welcomed the prospect of more cameras going up on the county’s roads. He said: “It is a very good idea – it helps us with our investigations.”
The ANPR cameras allow forces to track specific vehicles in close to real-time. Sgt Paul Kear, who oversees policing for Rutland, welcomed the prospect of more cameras going up on the county’s roads.
“It is a very good idea – it helps us with our investigations.” Sgt Kear told The Telegraph.
“They help us deal with criminals who are ‘visiting’ this area to commit crimes.
“We have problems with cross-border crime, and this is one way of dealing with it.”
Sgt Paul Kear, who oversees policing for Rutland, welcomed the prospect of more cameras going up on the county’s roads.
“It is a very good idea – it helps us with our investigations,” he said. Sgt Kear told The Telegraph that ANPRs help them deal with criminals visiting Rutland committing crimes across borders.
He also mentioned they are able to identify stolen cars quickly so as not to be victimised twice through insurance fraud or burglary by someone using their car again while they’re trying to get back on their feet after being robbed.
There are more than 11,000 automatic number plate recognition cameras in the UK, forming a network that can be accessed by police forces.
The ANPR cameras allow forces to track specific vehicles in close to ‘real-time”. Sgt Kear said: “It’s very difficult for any one area, however big it is, police force or whatever you want to call it. It’s just so vast the amount of crime that goes on.”
Police say they are able to use ANPR cameras when investigating cases such as burglary and theft but also with other crimes like drug trafficking.
“We get a lot more from ANPR than we would otherwise,” said Detective Inspector Adam Gallimore of Northamptonshire Police.
ANPR cameras have been installed at border crossings across Britain since 2002 and around 11,000 cameras in the UK use this technology to identify criminals and apprehend them.
