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Article published Wednesday, January 5, 2005 But whether the system has a future on the turnpike and other state
highways remains to be decided, a patrol spokesman said.
For the test, Automatic Plate Recognition scanners were mounted at
the turnpike's entrance plazas near the Pennsylvania and Indiana borders
and in two state patrol cruisers. The devices scanned all license plates
and compared the results with lists of vehicles "wanted"
because they were reported stolen, the license plates were reported
stolen, or authorities had arrest warrants for the registered owners.
Positive matches were followed up by troopers confirming the plate on
the vehicle before pulling it over.
According to the announcement, the 24 stolen vehicles were worth a
combined $221,000 and represented a 50 percent increase in
stolen-vehicle recoveries compared with the same dates in 2003.
The patrol's announcement noted that the recovered vehicles included
two stolen truck trailers, which it said indicated a potential
homeland-security benefit from the system.
Lt. Rick Zwayer, a spokesman at highway patrol headquarters in
Columbus, said he was not aware of those particular trailers containing
any sensitive cargo.
Lieutenant Zwayer could not provide information yesterday about the
charges brought against those who were arrested, nor explain why the
number of arrests was lower than the stolen car recovery count.
The scanning system was paid for with a $61,000 federal grant.
At its start, the experiment was denounced by civil liberties
interests, on the grounds that it could be used to compile surveillance
records of all vehicular activity.
Jeff Gamso, the Ohio legal director for the American Civil Liberties
Union, said he is "still skeptical" that the technology's
application won't eventually be extended beyond identifying stolen cars
or wanted drivers.
"Good for them for having recovered stolen cars," Mr. Gamso
said. "But I remain concerned about the incremental invasion of
people's privacy."
While the highway patrol promises that any data about vehicles that
doesn't generate a "wanted" match is not retained, Mr. Gamso
said, "What I'd like to know is that they're continuing to 'lose'
that information three years from now."
While the test results indicate that the system has potential for
effective use, Lieutenant Zwayer said, further assessment is necessary
to determine if the benefit is appropriate to the cost of expanding it.
Col. Paul McClellan, superintendent of the highway patrol, will meet
with technical experts and the Ohio Controlling Board to discuss the
results and evaluate the system's potential for long-term - and
potentially wider - use, the lieutenant said.
Mr. Gamso said the ACLU might press for consideration of the civil
liberties angle when such a decision is made.
Contact David
Patch at: dpatch@theblade.com
or 419-724-6094.
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