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From: Frank A. Coluccio10/29/2006 1:03:41 AM
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Tracking stolen cars

nydailynews.com

The clash between cops and an accused car thief in the Bronx spotlighted a new technology that the NYPD is quietly testing to catch criminals and combat terrorism.

Small cameras have been attached to the roofs of a dozen police cars to film license plates of parked vehicles.The tag numbers are sent by the cameras to computers in the police cars and then cross-referenced with a database of stolen and suspicious cars.

If a car is on the electronic roster, the computer alerts the officers in the patrol unit. The list of stolen and suspicious vehicles is updated daily. A single police car can scan about 1,000 plates an hour. The system costs $10,000. "We've had significant success in detecting stolen vehicles," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said, adding, "and we're also using it in our anti-terrorism efforts, checking cars on bridges and tunnels."

Since the cameras were installed last month, the technology has contributed to the recovery of 100 stolen cars and resulted in 71 arrests, police said.

Bronx cop Fannie Ortiz and her auto-crime squad used the scanners early yesterday to identify a stolen 2003 Lexus.

After the cameras read the license plate on the back of the car, the computer told the cops the tags had been stolen from another vehicle in Manhattan. When cops inspected the Lexus' vehicle identification number, they learned it had been stolen at gunpoint on Oct. 15 from a Queens dealer.

Alison Gendar
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