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BBC News
01-08-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
ANPR cameras on Cambridgeshire Police cars to tackle rural crime
New camera systems on police cars could help officers tackle rural crime, a force said. Four automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras have been installed on Cambridgeshire Police cars to help identify vehicles linked to criminal of the ANPR systems have already helped officers arrest a wanted person, locate a cloned van and identify a missing person's Tom Nuttall, from Cambridgeshire Police, said the cameras made a "real difference" in identifying vehicles linked to criminal activity in rural areas across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Sgt Nuttall, who leads the rural crime action team, said: "Farms and rural businesses are often in isolated locations, and of course, criminals need vehicles to travel."These new ANPR systems will make a real difference in allowing us to identify vehicles of interest, pursue criminals, and hopefully prevent future crime."The new cameras were installed after the force received £47,000 from the National Highways Social Value Galloway, the National Highways project director, said it was great to see the funding "already making a real difference"."Our work isn't just about building roads and improving junctions - it's also about leaving a positive and lasting legacy for the people who live and work in the area," he said. Follow Cambridgeshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
27-07-2025
- Yahoo
Police face scans lead to 56 arrests for major offences since introduction in Essex
ESSEX Police have made 56 arrests thanks to the use of facial recognition tech since it was first deployed two years ago, a freedom of information request has revealed. Since first implementing the tech in 2023, Essex Police have arrested 56 people for offences ranging from a dangerous dog offence to attempted murder, the FOI released on June 19 reveals. Facial recognition scanners have been deployed in major thoroughfares across Essex since its introduction such as Southend High Street, with the tech cross-referencing live scans of people's faces against a police watchlist of wanted offenders in real-time. The scanners are used by police to track and arrest wanted people – even if they provide false information about their identity. There have been a total of 56 arrests in Essex since the tech was first deployed, here is the list provided by Essex police with a breakdown of the offence by type: Burglary – 1 Court Warrants – 13 Drug Offences – 1 Attempted murder – 1 Stalking – 7 Theft – 10 Violence with injury – 14 Violence without injury - 8 Dangerous Dog -1 According to the Essex Police website, live facial recognition technology is used: 'To support Policing in the identification of persons wanted for priority offences, to support law enforcement including the administration of justice (through arrest of persons wanted on warrant or unlawfully at large/ recall to prison), and to ensure and promote the safeguarding of children and vulnerable persons at risk.'
