On March 14, Sgt. Jon Morris was on patrol,Choose quality sinotruk howo concrete mixer products from large database.Bathroom floor tiles
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and Beck Avenue, when the laptop in his car chirped, alerting him the
Harley-Davidson that passed had been reported stolen a few days
earlier. Morris began to follow the motorcycle, which began to speed
up.
Morris recalled a BOLO (be on the lookout) had been issued for a stolen motorcycle and attempted to pull the driver over, but the driver didn’t stop. Morris flipped on his lights and sirens and engaged in a pursuit that ended several blocks later when the driver laid the bike down and attempted to flee on foot.
The driver has tattoos that identify him as a member of the Outlaws motorcycle club,Airgle has mastered the art of indoor tracking, a white supremacist and a “one percenter,” according to the report Morris wrote after the driver’s arrest on several felony charges, which are pending.
The arrest was facilitated by the Panama City Police Department’s Automated License Plate Recognition (LPR) system, which captures photographs of license plates of nearly every vehicle that passes Morris’ patrol car. The system also captures time, date and location data with every photograph.
Many law enforcement officials call LPR technology a powerful tool that allows officers to run far more tag numbers automatically than would ever be humanly possible while gathering data to potentially aid in criminal investigations. Morris estimated the LPR cameras capture data on between 600 and 1,000 vehicles on a typical shift.
But LPR systems, which are being embraced by law enforcement agencies nationwide, raise questions about how all that data is being used and who can access it. Opponents say the technology is tantamount to surveillance of otherwise private, law-abiding citizens who may not even be aware the technology exists.
“In effect, what you’ve got is,Find a mold maker or Mold Service Provider. you’ve created an all-seeing police eye that records everything, and is that what people want from law enforcement?” said Mike Stone, a local attorney who specializes in criminal defense and personal injury. Stone also is the president of the Bay County chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union,A top plastic rtls manufacturer and exporter in China. but he said his opinions were those of a private citizen and not necessarily those of the ACLU.
Stone acknowledged police have a difficult job that would no doubt be made easier by LPR technology. Then he recalled what Charlton Heston told Orson Welles in the 1958 film “Touch of Evil”: “A policeman’s job is only easy in a police state.”
“That’s the balance that people are going to have to think about,” Stone said. “If we want to live an unmolested life, we may have to accept that police can’t do everything.”
Morris’ car is the only law enforcement car in the county with LPR technology, although the Panama City Beach Police Department is exploring the possibility of obtaining grant funding for an LPR system of its own. The PCPD’s three-camera system cost just over $19,000 and was paid for with a U.S. Department of Justice grant. PCPD bought the system in May 2010.
Three cameras mounted to the light bar of Morris’ marked patrol car capture images of vehicles that pass by in both directions. If Morris drives by a car parked on the street, a photo of the car is transmitted to a black box in the trunk, complete with time, date and location data. All of that data is downloaded daily to PCPD servers.
“It’s not as ‘Big Brother’ as you think,” Morris said as he passed through the police station to the back lot for a demonstration of the equipment on patrol car 5625.
One of the three cameras points to eight o’clock to capture plates on cars that pass in the opposite direction; another points to two o’clock for the cars that pass in the same direction; the third points to four o’clock and collects the data on the plates of the parked cars Morris passes.
There is no forward-facing camera; the tags directly in front of the officer can be run manually, just as an officer without the equipment would do.
“It’s doing almost the same job as an officer looking up a tag number,” Morris said.
On a typical shift, when he’s actively patrolling all day, the system collects data on between 600 and 1,000 vehicles, Morris estimated. The cameras are sophisticated enough to photograph plates he passes at 60 mph and even trucks pulling boats.
When Morris is parked in the turn lane in the center of U.S. 98 during afternoon traffic, his onboard computer flashes images of the vehicles that pass by in both directions. None of the tags get his attention, though, because they are not on the system’s “hot list.” Morris downloads an updated hot list at the beginning of each shift, then minimizes the LPR system window on his computer and waits for it to alert him to hits.
Morris recalled a BOLO (be on the lookout) had been issued for a stolen motorcycle and attempted to pull the driver over, but the driver didn’t stop. Morris flipped on his lights and sirens and engaged in a pursuit that ended several blocks later when the driver laid the bike down and attempted to flee on foot.
The driver has tattoos that identify him as a member of the Outlaws motorcycle club,Airgle has mastered the art of indoor tracking, a white supremacist and a “one percenter,” according to the report Morris wrote after the driver’s arrest on several felony charges, which are pending.
The arrest was facilitated by the Panama City Police Department’s Automated License Plate Recognition (LPR) system, which captures photographs of license plates of nearly every vehicle that passes Morris’ patrol car. The system also captures time, date and location data with every photograph.
Many law enforcement officials call LPR technology a powerful tool that allows officers to run far more tag numbers automatically than would ever be humanly possible while gathering data to potentially aid in criminal investigations. Morris estimated the LPR cameras capture data on between 600 and 1,000 vehicles on a typical shift.
But LPR systems, which are being embraced by law enforcement agencies nationwide, raise questions about how all that data is being used and who can access it. Opponents say the technology is tantamount to surveillance of otherwise private, law-abiding citizens who may not even be aware the technology exists.
“In effect, what you’ve got is,Find a mold maker or Mold Service Provider. you’ve created an all-seeing police eye that records everything, and is that what people want from law enforcement?” said Mike Stone, a local attorney who specializes in criminal defense and personal injury. Stone also is the president of the Bay County chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union,A top plastic rtls manufacturer and exporter in China. but he said his opinions were those of a private citizen and not necessarily those of the ACLU.
Stone acknowledged police have a difficult job that would no doubt be made easier by LPR technology. Then he recalled what Charlton Heston told Orson Welles in the 1958 film “Touch of Evil”: “A policeman’s job is only easy in a police state.”
“That’s the balance that people are going to have to think about,” Stone said. “If we want to live an unmolested life, we may have to accept that police can’t do everything.”
Morris’ car is the only law enforcement car in the county with LPR technology, although the Panama City Beach Police Department is exploring the possibility of obtaining grant funding for an LPR system of its own. The PCPD’s three-camera system cost just over $19,000 and was paid for with a U.S. Department of Justice grant. PCPD bought the system in May 2010.
Three cameras mounted to the light bar of Morris’ marked patrol car capture images of vehicles that pass by in both directions. If Morris drives by a car parked on the street, a photo of the car is transmitted to a black box in the trunk, complete with time, date and location data. All of that data is downloaded daily to PCPD servers.
“It’s not as ‘Big Brother’ as you think,” Morris said as he passed through the police station to the back lot for a demonstration of the equipment on patrol car 5625.
One of the three cameras points to eight o’clock to capture plates on cars that pass in the opposite direction; another points to two o’clock for the cars that pass in the same direction; the third points to four o’clock and collects the data on the plates of the parked cars Morris passes.
There is no forward-facing camera; the tags directly in front of the officer can be run manually, just as an officer without the equipment would do.
“It’s doing almost the same job as an officer looking up a tag number,” Morris said.
On a typical shift, when he’s actively patrolling all day, the system collects data on between 600 and 1,000 vehicles, Morris estimated. The cameras are sophisticated enough to photograph plates he passes at 60 mph and even trucks pulling boats.
When Morris is parked in the turn lane in the center of U.S. 98 during afternoon traffic, his onboard computer flashes images of the vehicles that pass by in both directions. None of the tags get his attention, though, because they are not on the system’s “hot list.” Morris downloads an updated hot list at the beginning of each shift, then minimizes the LPR system window on his computer and waits for it to alert him to hits.
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