Thursday, June 03, 2004
 Washington Times May 28, 2004:Arlington County take notice: Officials are collecting outstanding taxes and fines at the rate of about $900 an hour with the help of an electronic roving eye.
County officials last month began using the BootFinder, a small, hand-held camera that scans license plates of parked cars to identify people with delinquent property-tax bills and unpaid parking tickets.
The county spent $27,000 to buy the camera, which was developed by Alexandria company G2 Tactics, and has recovered about $900 each hour of its use, said Arlington County Treasurer Frank O'Leary.
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Two treasury workers patrol the city in a van, aiming the camera at the license plates of parked cars. The camera is connected to a laptop computer that compares the license owner's name against a database of persons with outstanding taxes or fines.
If a car's owner has any unpaid taxes or fines, the computer audibly informs the camera's operator, who calls the treasurer's office for verification. After the information is verified, the workers remove the car's license plates and place a bright green levy sticker on the driver's side windshield. National Institute of Justice, the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice: Award Title: Build a Prototype Optical Recognition System to ID and Track Stolen Vehicles Using License Plate Reading Techniques
Award Number: 2002LTBXK006
Awardee: G2 Tactics
Awardee Contact:
Andrew Bucholz
G2 Tactics
1600 Prince Street, Suite 613
Alexandria , VA 22314
Original Funds: Year: 2002, Amount: $156,773.00
Categories: Crime Prevention ; Surveillance and Detection
Project Location: ALEXANDRIA , Virginia
Project Description: G2 Tactics will demonstrate and evaluate its Grand Larceny Auto Video Detection System (GLAVID), an innovative surveillance tool for law enforcement to address stolen vehicle crimes. GLAVID is an imagery analysis system that reads the license plates of passing vehicles and compares them to the current National Crime Information Center (NCIC) record of stolen vehicles. This system can be deployed either covertly in a stationary vehicle or set up for mobile use in a police cruiser.
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