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Victoria: Police Considering Mobile Camera Network To Monitor Vehicles

Police in Victoria plan to introduce a network of car-mounted cameras in an effort to monitor the state’s ‘most wanted’ motorists. A report by business strategists Deloitte proposes that the state’s 200-odd highway pursuit cars


Police in Victoria plan to introduce a network of car-mounted cameras in an effort to monitor the state’s ‘most wanted’ motorists.

A report by business strategists Deloitte proposes that the state’s 200-odd highway pursuit cars each be fitted with one or more cameras, and that each of these cameras be linked.

The cameras would monitor vehicle number plates to identify unregistered or stolen vehicles, and drivers who are suspended or disqualified from driving.

Similar systems are already operating in other Australian states, but the system proposed for Victoria would target more than just registration details.

The system could keep track of suspected criminals, bikie gang members and terrorists in real time, as vehicles of interest would be noted each time they crossed paths with police.

Police would use the data to establish patterns of movement for persons of interest, and may be able to prove a person’s whereabouts at the time an incident takes place. 

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