ANPR data is used across the country to help with enquiries and provide evidence in criminal investigations.
As a vehicle passes an ANPR camera, its registration number is read and checked against a database of vehicles of interest. Our officers can then use this information to stop the vehicle, check it for evidence and, where necessary, make arrests. The use of ANPR in this way is vital in the detection of serious crimes as well as locating stolen vehicles and tackling uninsured vehicles. It also allows officers to focus on offending vehicles rather than law-abiding drivers.