How license plate readers work: They record the plate number, make, model and color of every vehicle that passes, “and often compare them to the National Crime Information Center or a local police “hot sheet,” which may list stolen cars, suspended plates and people with outstanding arrest warrants or traffic violations,” McCoppin writes.
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