CASE STUDY Solving Major Crimes with LPR In 2015, the city of LaGrange, Ga., had three homicides occur in rapid succession. The LaGrange Police Department was able to solve them in part because the perpetrators’ vehicles were caught on private surveillance video. That imagery and the license plate data it revealed helped lead police to the suspects. After seeing how private surveillance cameras were able to help them investigate major crimes, the LaGrange Police Department began looking into the use of citywide automatic license plate recognition (LPR). Location: LaGrange, GA The city of LaGrange chose to invest in a PlateSmart ARES® LPR solution. As the city has its own IT department, PlateSmart trained them and supported them in the installation. “We implemented Plate

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