£15m Home Office funding for Police automatic number plate recognition system / Public Technology, 3 Nov 2004

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"The Home Office has announced that a vehicle number plate scanning system which has boosted police arrest rates is to receive £15 million funding.

Over 13,000 arrests have been made by automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) teams - an arrest rate nine times higher than the police national average - and £8 million worth of drugs and property seized during a year-long pilot of ANPR technology in 23 police forces.

The Home Office, through the Police Standards Unit (PSU), is inviting all forces to submit bids for a share of £15 million funding to boost national ANPR capability."