On 16 Aug 2015 20:42:19 -0400, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

Around here, it is routine to see two officers in the car. When they
are not on their way to a call, one officer is driving while the second
officer is typing every license plate he sees into the terminal and
running plates as fast as he can in hopes of finding a car with
outstanding warrants. There is a very distinct division of tasks.
--scott

Sounds like New Yuck City. You must live in a technically
impoverished area. Even the local fast food restaurants now have
license plate readers. The technology is quite common on the left
coast:
https://www.google.com/search?q=automatic+license+plate+recognition+syste m&tbm=isch
http://www.licenseplatesrecognition.com/how-lpr-works.html
http://www.licenseplaterecognition.com
http://elsag.com/licenseplatereader.htm
http://www.theiacp.org/ALPR
etc... Even cheap security cameras have a headlight blocking featu
http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/License-Plate-Capture-Cameras-s/283.htm

Are you sure the second officer is typing in license plates and not
updating his Facebook page?

"Don't worry about the radios. We can always use Twitter for
dispatch"
(Don't ask me who said that).

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