Photo by Jenny Sparks, Loveland Reporter-Herald
Loveland Police Officer Greg Harris talks Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, about how the license plate scanner attached to his car works outside the Loveland Police Department. The Elsag Auotmated License Plate Recongnition System scans nearby license plates and matches them with databases of stolen vehicles. Getting your player ready...
Noting the accelerated rate of vehicle thefts in recent years, the Loveland Police Department has installed a car-mounted license plate scanner to keep track of parked vehicles — and who they really belong to.
The city of Loveland approved $27,000 grant from the Colorado State Patrol July 3 toward the installation of an Elsag Automatic License Plate Recognition System, which rapidly scans license plates and cross-references them to state and national indexes of stolen vehicles.
The new scanner will be implemented on an undercover vehicle, according to Lloveland Det. Danyel McGraw. The department already has a license plate scanner installed on a marked car, but it belongs to and scans on behalf of the state patrol.
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