Hot car spotters
By Hector Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published May 13, 2008 at 11 p.m.
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Denver's parking meter agents won't just be writing tickets when time is up, they'll be notifying cops if a car is hot.
The city's Public Works Department is arming its right-of- way enforcement officers with mobile devices and equipping four vehicles with cameras that can photograph the license plates of 20,000 cars a day to determine whether any are stolen or linked to a crime.
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May 14, 2008
12:46 a.m.
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happymike44 writes:
Well that sounds like a real crime stoppers at work.Plus it means someone who had their car stolen found a little sooner.I have been lucky so far. But one never knows when that luck will run out.Thanks Denver p.d. maybe it will help slow down these idiots in their shoes.
May 14, 2008
9:04 a.m.
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vudumom writes:
So what if they see a person come out and get into a stolen car? They probably won't tow it. They'll give the person a ticket to show up in court.