License plate scanner usage by law enforcement has exploded in the last decade or so. One company that makes the software used in the scanners saw a near 3,000 percent increase in usage in the period ...

New license plate scanners have helped Waco police recover at least four stolen vehicles and catch a line on an accused felon in the two weeks since the equipment was installed. Three of those ...

July 17 (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement agencies are using license plate scanners designed to track down criminals to build databases detailing the whereabouts of millions of U.S. drivers, the ...

Cohen is the author of the new book Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court's 50-Year Battle for a More Unjust America If you drive through Maryland, the state may be using an automated reader to ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KFOR) — Police rely on license plate scanners to capture criminals, but it’s a crime fighting tool at least one Oklahoma lawmaker believes goes too far. State representative tom ...

SHERMAN, TX -- The Sherman Police Department has a new tool to help them find everything from missing persons to stolen vehicles. It's called an Automatic License Plate Reader. Deeda Payton reports.

It was a signal that the run-of-the-mill clunker was stolen. The alert came from a $20,000 device that uses small infrared cameras mounted on the police car to automatically scan license plates and ...