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Police One: How license plate readers are helping one California PD catch more criminals by PoliceOne BrandFocus Staff

Police in La Verne use fixed LPR cameras to create a virtual fence around the city

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La Verne, California, is a suburban city of about 8.5 square miles, located about 35 miles east of Los Angeles. Its roughly 33,000 residents are served by the 39 sworn officers of the La Verne Police Department.

Problem

The local crime rate had risen in recent years, driven by people from surrounding areas coming into La Verne and committing thefts, burglaries and other crimes. La Verne PD needed a way to monitor who was entering the city so they could catch these criminals and protect citizens from those who might be passing through with ill intentions.

Lt. Chris Fenner had heard about the success neighboring communities had with fixed automatic license plate reader systems. The department already had a mobile LPR system, but Fenner worked for more than three years to add fixed cameras to create a virtual fence around the city.

“My goal was to get every major entrance into the city covered to get the majority of cars coming into our city,” he said. “Anyone who comes into our city in a stolen car is probably here to commit a crime, so if we can be alerted to the presence of a stolen car coming into our city, we can prevent crime before it even happens.”

Solution

Fenner and LVPD chose Vigilant Solutions because Vigilant maintains a nationwide LPR database and robust search capabilities. Vigilant also offered the lowest price of the three bids the department received.

Since January, LVPD has installed two dozen fixed LPR cameras that monitor nearly every possible point where a vehicle could enter the city. The data collected has been integral in apprehending dozens of occupied stolen vehicles, as well as aiding a number of successful investigations and arrests.

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