Topic ID 4618
Has anyone noticed increased activity by the police ANPR interceptors? I drive to commute to Docklands every day and while I know they are about I have never seen them before. Yet I was behind one in Hertford yesterday and saw someone pulled by one in Harlow this morning.
Reply ID 66258
Do you mean the ones in Subarus and Evos? I've never seen any, only on TV. These ones are meant to be based in Essex though([url]http://demand.five.tv/Series.aspx?seriesBaseName=PoliceInterceptors[/url])
Reply ID 66259
quote:No. But I think I've just found the answer to my own question here: http://demand.five.tv/Series.aspx?seriesBaseName=PoliceInterceptors[/url]) These are the cars fitted with automatic number plate recognition. It looks like the local constabulary started using these vehicles just two months ago.
Originally posted by DCI monkfish
Do you mean the ones in Subarus and Evos? I've never seen any, only on TV. These ones are meant to be based in Essex though([url]http://demand.five.tv/Series.aspx?seriesBaseName=PoliceInterceptors[/url])
Reply ID 66344
I followed one of these cars a few months ago along the A414 and then down the A10 to the Harlow turn of. It was wierd watching the roof-mounted camera swivelling to face every car it drove past and check the plates. blatantly obvious what it was doing though, so hope it has a good range, otherwise they're going to have a lot of chases on their hands
Reply ID 66361
This relates back to my earlier post a couple of months ago about the Police cracking down on Tax Disc evaders etc... pleased to see they are doing something about it.. but wonder if they will actually use the ANPR cars around residential side roads where some dodgy cars that haven't moved in months are parked with out of date discs clearly on view.. hmmm
Reply ID 66365
quote:I think they are more used to intercept, to stop cars actually being driven.
Originally posted by Drama Queen
This relates back to my earlier post a couple of months ago about the Police cracking down on Tax Disc evaders etc... pleased to see they are doing something about it.. but wonder if they will actually use the ANPR cars around residential side roads where some dodgy cars that haven't moved in months are parked with out of date discs clearly on view.. hmmm
Reply ID 67378
The system is not only used to detect minor traffic offences - quite a lot of information can be 'tagged' onto PNC (Police National Computer) and other databases so that vehicles involved in serious crime will be flagged up. Herts Constabulary trialled this system quite a few years ago in the Stevenage area and very successful it was too.
Reply ID 67662
I've never seen one of those ANPR cars, but I DID see a black BMW saloon zooming down Hertingfordbury Road a couple of weeks ago, with its stealthy blue lights flashing - an unmarked police car - so watch out for black BMW saloons around Hertfrod, if you're prone to driving a bit too fast.
Reply ID 67666
I think i've seen that bmw around. To be honest i did a double take, and i did wonder whether it was just someone who had put blue lights on and was impersonating a police car, it was very badly done.. Certainly if they tried to pull me over, i'd think twice, and make sure i stopped somewhere public with that one. (As of course, i wouldnt have been comitting an offence anyway)
Reply ID 67674
I'm not entirely sure, but I don't think Herts Police use BMW's as enforcement cars. They do use a Skoda Octavia and a Vectra.
Reply ID 67679
quote:Thankfully, ANPR cars look like they've crashed through a Road Safety exhibition and come out the other side with the entire stock attached. The one I saw on Ware Road was also the size of a church, so easy to recognise as the real deal. Probably visible from space![:D]
Originally posted by codek2
I think i've seen that bmw around. To be honest i did a double take, and i did wonder whether it was just someone who had put blue lights on and was impersonating a police car, it was very badly done.. Certainly if they tried to pull me over, i'd think twice, and make sure i stopped somewhere public with that one. (As of course, i wouldnt have been comitting an offence anyway)
Reply ID 67687
Shunt, I don't know what you saw, but it wasn't a vehicle fitted with ANPR. These are ordinary police vehicles which have a video camera fitted. You wouldn't be able to differentiate from the outside between a car fitted with ANPR and an ordinary police vehicle. There's actually not a lot of difference inside either.
Reply ID 67688
quote:Apart from the fact that it says "ANPR Interceptor" on the back and side of the car [:D] I'm not sure what car you've seen Shunt, but the ones I've seen just have a small single camera attached to the outside. [img]http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs136.snc1/5820_114357051945_25547876945_2790115_5757067_n.jpg[/img] (Photo from Herts Police's Facebook page)
Originally posted by buzz
You wouldn't be able to differentiate from the outside between a car fitted with ANPR and an ordinary police vehicle.
Reply ID 67689
quote:Similar, in that it has the signs advertising the APNR system and it's makers, though mine had the insignia on the side bodywork. It also had the huge reflective harlequin that adorns every surface of modern police vehicles, like the one you've pictured. I got the impression it was a larger estate, though that may be an optional delusion, caused by the graphics. Not covert, in any case.
Originally posted by Stevequote:Apart from the fact that it says "ANPR Interceptor" on the back and side of the car [:D] I'm not sure what car you've seen Shunt, but the one I've seen just has a small single camera attached to the outside. Edited by Admin to avoid repeating image
Originally posted by buzz
You wouldn't be able to differentiate from the outside between a car fitted with ANPR and an ordinary police vehicle.
Reply ID 67691
I occurs to me that Buzz's comments might not be specifically about these cars, but imply that ANPR systems may be fitted to other vehicles without the conspicuous identification. It's not exactly a new technology, so I'd imagine that's highly likely.
Reply ID 67693
quote:correct
Originally posted by shunt
I occurs to me that Buzz's comments might not be specifically about these cars, but imply that ANPR systems may be fitted to other vehicles without the conspicuous identification. It's not exactly a new technology, so I'd imagine that's highly likely.
Reply ID 67696
quote:Yes, I understood that. I've seen "Road Wars" on Sky so I know they're fitted to alot of standard vehicles. [:)]
Originally posted by buzzquote:correct
Originally posted by shunt
I occurs to me that Buzz's comments might not be specifically about these cars, but imply that ANPR systems may be fitted to other vehicles without the conspicuous identification. It's not exactly a new technology, so I'd imagine that's highly likely.
Reply ID 67704
quote:Such patience! I've never made it past "Next on Sky, Ro....."
Yes, I understood that. I've seen "Road Wars" on Sky so I know they're fitted to alot of standard vehicles. [:)]
Reply ID 67705
quote:It's something of a guilty pleasure. However it can be a little depressing seeing how many toerags never make it to court.
Originally posted by shuntquote:Such patience! I've never made it past "Next on Sky, Ro....."
Yes, I understood that. I've seen "Road Wars" on Sky so I know they're fitted to alot of standard vehicles. [:)]
Reply ID 67761
I understand ANPR was used extensively in Broxbourne last Friday and a number of arrests made.
Reply ID 67762
quote:I'm not sure what unmarked cars are used in Hertfordshire but the unmarked cars I see on my commute to and from the Isle of Dogs never fails to surprise me. The usual are the rather bland looking Mondeos and Passats but I've also seen Renaults, BMWs, people carriers and this morning a white Transit type of van with the blue lights behind the grill. Most of the cars I see stopped by the road are next to unmarked police cars.
Originally posted by buzz
I'm not entirely sure, but I don't think Herts Police use BMW's as enforcement cars. They do use a Skoda Octavia and a Vectra.
Reply ID 67763
They also use Mercedes.
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