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New police cars can catch speedsters on video

The new police fleet

POLICE can now capture high-quality footage of vehicles and registration plates, even those travelling in the opposite direction at highway speeds, after adding two new “state of the art” cars to their fleet today (November 16). 

The footage recorded from the new cars, which are both BMW X3M40i’s, will also be available to be used as evidence in court.

Officer in charge of road policing, Detective Inspector Marcus Boorman says the cars, which include a multiple camera automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system connected to a real-time database, are a great asset to police. 

If required, officers can rewind video playback on the screen in their car to review footage, Inspector Boorman says.

“The ANPR system provides more detailed information to the police officer than the previous version to assist with vehicle identification. The system also captures metadata such as GPS location, time and date to provide accurate evidence,” he says. 

Inspector Boorman says the cars will also feature road safety messaging on the number plates with plates such as “RDSAFETY”, “BUCKLUP”, “ONPATROL”, “PATROLN”, “Y SPEED”.

“These plates are an engaging way to remind people of the importance of being safe on our roads,” Inspector Boorman says. 

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