Buckinghamshire CC ANPR cameras

[Ian Batten]

On 7 Jan 2012, at 1651, Roland Perry wrote:

> In article <CAJkBBXU2Mh8E6Pt3TPzWq5ZU+hOvDdCpme5wAp7==dJk3i6ATA at mail.gmail.com>, John Wilson <tugwilson at gmail.com> writes
>> In Buckinghamshire the police get a full data feed from the Council's
>> cameras which includes the actual registration number.
> 
> Has that improved the recovery rate for stolen cars in Bucks? (Maybe another FOI request to make; perhaps phrased as "how many cars which are reported as stolen have been tracked by this scheme", which would include the ones that did get away after all.)

I got the results of ANPR in terms of convictions from West Midlands police under the FOI a couple of years ago.  I'd have to fish them out, but my recollection is that it wasn't impressive.

ian