Police vehicles patrolling Gedling borough will are now equipped with Automatic Numberplate Recognition (ANPR) to help them in their fight against crime.
The cameras, which have been funded with help from Gedling Borough Council, have been fitted to vehicles belonging to the Gedling Safer Neighbourhoods Teams
ANPR cameras help stop crime by reading number plates of cars on the road and then alerting officers if the vehicle has no insurance, tax or MOT.
It will also flag up vehicles which police are searching for.
These vehicles driving through the area would previously have gone undetected by patrol cars but now the new system will alert officers if the car scanned is of interest.
A police spokesman for Gedling Safer Neighbourhood Teams said : “In our ever-developing tactics to stop criminals using our roads networks to commit crimes, the Gedling Safer Neighbourhoods Team vehicles have now been equipped with ANPR technology and the results have been immediate, denying criminals use of the roads.
“This new equipment has been bought in partnership with Gedling Borough Council.
“Once again we are dedicated to preventing crime and we hope this technology will give us the advantage over those who use our roads to commit crime.”
