SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WXYZ) — Michigan state lawmakers are pushing to regulate automatic license plate readers after years of debate over the surveillance technology ...

Imagine you’re preparing to drive home from a doctor’s appointment when a law enforcement officer approaches your vehicle, takes a photo of your car, and sends it to federal law enforcement, as well ...

Pennsylvania's redesigned "Let Freedom Ring" license plates feature slashed zeros—but toll cameras see eights, triggering ...

At least 16 states have adopted policies aimed at regulating the use and retention of data collected by license plate readers, which capture pictures of vehicle license plates every time a car ...

Police in South Dakota logged fewer theft reports in 2025 than the previous year, but made more arrests for theft.

SJPD is preserving the use of the city’s 474 Flock cameras — as other jurisdictions are dropping them — but is changing ...

Abstract: The widespread use of electric bikes has made rider safety a crucial issue in intelligent transportation research. To address the limitations of existing methods in terms of accuracy and ...

The use of automatic license plate readers has exploded across the country in recent years. The cameras on roads and freeways that take images of the back of passing cars are popular with police for ...

Abstract: Car license plates in Oman feature a unique vertical arrangement of Arabic and English letters. This distinctive format, combined with the often low-resolution images, presents challenging ...

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Mike Toole is the managing editor for CBS Boston. He has worked in the WBZ-TV newsroom for more than 20 years. He previously wrote and produced news and sports at WABC-TV in New York. The new blue ...