Officials credit new licence plate readers with drop in auto theft
Briefly

"LPRs as license plate readers are the DNA of the highway," said Greg Ehrie, Port Authority's chief security officer. "It allows us to know what's going on."
"Taking not only digital images of the license plate itself, but of the car to allow law enforcement to ensure that the license plate is on the right car," said Port Authority of New York and New Jersey President Rick Cotton.
"Now if a car is stolen we have a robust tracking system in place," said Staten Island NYPD Patrol Borough Chief Joseph Gulotta. "I would say we have that car recovered within a few hours."
"As our NYPD chief said, the arrests have gone up 40% and the thefts themselves have gone down 27%. So it is a very successful program," said Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis.
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