An automated license plate camera at the intersection of East Phillip Road and Deerpath Drive in Vernon Hills. — Chicago Tribune/TNS
CHICAGO: On a Friday night this spring, surveillance cameras detected a stolen car driving through a Vernon Hills, Illinois neighbourhood. Police were alerted, tracked the car to a nearby gas station, and charged the driver with illegally possessing a stolen vehicle, drugs and a gun.
The arrest was a prime example of how automated license plate recognition, or ALPRs, can help catch criminals and possibly prevent crime, police Chief Patrick Kreis said.
