In a recent incident in Minneapolis, the marriage of technology and police work led to the swift recovery of a carjacked vehicle and the arrest of one suspect involved in the crime. The vehicle, taken by force near 21st Avenue South and 29th Street East, was located thanks to the use of automatic license plate readers, which are cameras mounted on police vehicles that scan and check the license plates of passing cars against a database of vehicles that are stolen or otherwise involved in criminal activity. The Minneapolis Police Department’s social media post reported that the technology alerted officers to the presence of the stolen car in their vicinity.
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