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'''Background and Current Use'''

License plate readers was invented in 1976. “The first government entities to adopt widespread use of ALPR technology were law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom” (Dryer). It later was introduced to the United State, but it started getting momentum in the early 2000’s. Before the invention of the License plate readers, an officer had to manually enter someone’s license plate number into their computers to get a hit for a stolen car. Doing this could take a while, but with the LPD its much faster. License plates readers are machine that looks like the speed limit control, it is somewhat big and bulky. There are many ways that LPD can be install, it can be inside a patrol car, outside of the car but it has to be place at a certain angle to get the right information or be mounted on a light pole on the street .