PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The Portsmouth Police Department Criminal Investigations Bureau used license plate recognition (LPR) technology on Oct. 8 to assist in a major larceny investigation involving approximately $40,000 worth of materials intended for the United States Navy.
Detectives used LPR technology to identify key locations associated with the crime and find out where the stolen materials were sold. The technology assisted detectives in locating, recovering, and returning the materials…