HONOLULU (KHON2) — Honolulu Police have been using license plate reading cameras in their patrol cars for years. But they’ve recently started mounting them in fixed locations. And if police had their way, the cameras would be all over the island.
No matter where you look, there are cameras everywhere. Some are for traffic. Some are for security. And there are now others reading your license plate in some parts of Oahu.
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“It’s a great investigative tool for the whole island,” said Ofc. David Barnett, Honolulu Police Department.
Honolulu Police have been using automated license plate readers – or ALPR technology – in its cars since 2012. And thanks to a federal grant, HPD has been using those cameras in fixed locations for about two months now – on street lights and light poles in Waikiki and downtown…