KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — The police will soon be equipped with new cameras with automated number plate recognition (ANPR) to detect traffic offenders with outstanding summonses, The Star reported today.
The cameras can be mounted on any police car and will be able to detect and flag any passing cars with registration number linked to outstanding summonses in the Bukit Aman database.
The daily quoted federal traffic police chief Senior Asst Comm Datuk Mohd Fuad Abdul Latiff as saying that the initiative will give them an advantage over “hardcore traffic offenders”, and can help reduce the huge number of outstanding summonses.
“A total of 1.06 million outstanding summonses have yet to be settled and we are looking at bringing down this number,” he was reported saying.
The cameras will be deployed at strategic areas, including nine entry and exit points into the country, and are also used to flag cars for criminal activities.
“Besides using the ANPR cameras to trace errant motorists, the CID and Narcotics Crime Investigation Department will also benefit from the use of the system,” Mohd Fuad reportedly added.
According to the report, the first phase of the ANPR would cost RM30 million and the devices would be linked to a centralised server in Bukit Aman.
