Daedalus

Thanks for the responses! I met with an Extreme dealer on Friday and I have one of the brochures. Extreme seems to be the way to go. My next issue is; how versatile is the software? What I would really like to do is download a long list of stolen vehicles around the city and input that list into the Extreme software and set it up so that if one of those plates is caught on our camera, it will set off an alarm or something similar. Will the software allow me to import data (from Excel for example) or would I have to manually type in all of the plates I want to flag? Thanks again! (Rory, PM coming your way)

Hi all! Does anyone have any experience with licence plater reader cameras as an effective crime fighing tool? I work on a university campus (police department) and we are having a big problem with stolen and damaged vehicles on campus (15 stolen vehicles in a 2 month period!). We have CCTVs in most of our lots but unless the camera is pointed directly at the crime taking place, its hard to get an ID. I'm looking at installing plater reader cameras at the entrance to our most vulnerable parking lots (if I can convice the bosses to spend the money). These cameras have a searchable database and "hot list" integration. Another option is to have decoy cars installed with GPS technology but that is way beyond our budget and we have to rely on the city police to set this up on campus. Does anyone have any experience (good or bad) with plate reader technology? Any comments would be greatly appreciated! Thanks and take care.