Tag: License Plate Recognition (LPR)
Hartford Police Department expands camera network
November 18, 2025SSN Staff
CHELMSFORD, Mass. — The Hartford Police Department’s Capital City Command Center (C4), a Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC) focused on real-time investigations and enhancing case solvability, has announced a continuation of its partnership with Axis Communications.
The Hartford Police Department (HPD) plans to deploy cameras at 50 additional intersections, which will expand surveillance coverage across key areas of the city and further enhance the center’s ability to quickly synthesize...
Flock launches Business Network
June 23, 2025SSN Staff
ATLANTA — Flock Safety has announced the launch of the Flock Business Network, a secure, collaborative hub designed to help private sector organizations work together to solve and prevent crime.
The announcement comes ahead of NRF Protect, taking place June 23-25 in Long Beach, CA, where Flock will showcase the platform and its capabilities.
“For years, our law enforcement customers have used the power of a shared network to identify threats, connect cases, and reduce crime,”...
Flock Safety defends local control as ICE reportedly uses ALPR data without direct agreement
June 4, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
DANVILLE, Ill. — Flock Safety, a provider of automatic license plate reader (ALPR) technology, is under scrutiny after a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request revealed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has accessed its surveillance network through local law enforcement agencies.
According to documents obtained by 404 Media, law enforcement agencies across the country have used Flock Safety’s ALPR system to conduct immigration-related searches, citing reasons...
Cold as ICE
June 4, 2025Cory Harris, Editor
It appears that federal immigration authorities are utilizing state and local law enforcement agencies across the U.S. as a conduit to help their mass deportation efforts, and a manufacturer of license plate readers is caught in the middle.
A report released by independent website 404 Media on May 27 revealed that state and local law enforcement agencies across the U.S. are helping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigations by using AI-powered automatic license plate reader...
Databuoy Corporation introduces LPR to Shotpoint
May 8, 2025SSN Staff
VIENNA, Va. — Databuoy Corporation, a DHS SAFETY Act Designated provider of acoustic gunshot detection and localization technologies, have announced the commercial launch of integrated License Plate Recognition (LPR) capabilities within its Shotpoint platform.
The LPR enhancement enables customers to automatically capture, buffer, and analyze vehicle activity surrounding deployments, delivering critical plate data and video evidence to public safety teams.
“Many of our customers...
ForceMetrics expands Velocity Platform with FMStat
May 6, 2025SSN Staff
DENVER, Colo. — ForceMetrics has announced the launch of FMStat, a reimagining of the traditional CompStat system.
Built for command staff, FMStat delivers real-time crime analytics and operational insight to help agencies lead with speed and clarity, all in one streamlined view that ForceMetrics said is designed for the modern era of policing. It helps agencies track crime trends, identify emerging issues, deploy resources and strengthen operational awareness with current, actionable insights....
FF Group to debut AI LPR at ISC West
March 19, 2025SSN Staff
LAS VEGAS — FF Group has chosen ISC West 2025 to introduce its on-camera license plate and vehicle recognition software to the North American market.
CAMMRA AI from FF Group reportedly leverages advanced AI technology onboard a camera to serve modern traffic management, smart city and law enforcement markets.
With its ISC West debut of CAMMRA AI, the FF Group said it is expanding its expertise to the broader North American market, where it is already in use in places such as Newport,...
Comcast Smart Solutions to enhance security at Youth Crisis Center campus
January 27, 2025SSN Staff
PHILADELPHIA — Comcast Smart Solutions, a division of Comcast that specializes in smart technologies for businesses and communities, has announced that it will provide the Youth Crisis Center (YCC) with smart video camera technology with AI analytics capabilities to help strengthen safety protocols and provide monitoring across its facilities.
“We are honored to provide our smart camera and analytics solutions to the Youth Crisis Center. This organization has made an incredible impact...
i-PRO’s new High Zoom Bullet camera offers ‘more intelligent vision,’ CPO says
November 20, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
TOKYO—i-PRO Chief Product Officer Gerard Figols describes the launch of the company’s new lineup of High Zoom Bullet cameras as an opportunity to “see where we were not able to see before.”
Figols unveiled the new line of advanced edge artificial intelligence (AI) cameras during the final day of i-PRO’s Global Press Summit in Tokyo, citing its ability to offer “a sharper, a more intelligent vision.”
“Why? Because we are expanding...
The convergence: Iveda is on the frontline of using AI to change face of physical security
October 30, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
TEMPE, Ariz. — Iveda is leveraging artificial intelligence to elevate physical security, and thanks to some updates to its existing platform, providing new levels of functionality for users that are agnostic of hardware.
Take Colobarn, for example, a provider of colocation services to clients who need a way to safely and securely store their data. While cybersecurity remains a keystone in protecting sensitive data there's also a growing need to protect access to the sites that...