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Four license plate recognition cameras have been installed at the intersection of Waldo Road and Eighth Avenue in northeast Gainesville. (Kalia Richardson/WUFT News)
Gainesville, UF Police Using License Plate Cameras To Fight Car-Related Crimes
By Kalia Richardson
April 26, 2021
Three of the largest law-enforcement agencies in Alachua County have installed license plate recognition cameras to help them better respond to vehicle-related accidents and crimes.
The Gainesville and University of Florida police departments and the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office say the cameras – known as LPRs – are used to determine “vehicles of interest.”