License Plate Readers on non law enforcement vehicles?

[Dr. Zuki 1]

Saw how common is it for license plate readers to be used by non law enforcemnt personnel???

Asking after seeing a Yonkers Parking Violations Bureau SUV with license plate reader installed on the roof yesterday

and I think this is absolutely brilliant given their interactions with numerous vehicles daily.

Anybody else seen the readers installed on non law enforcement vehicles anywhere else???

Dr. Zuki

Lawrence Hospital

[v85 212]

Philadelphia parking enforcement has them, but they do not scan the LE databases, only the parking scofflaw ones. Toronto parking enforcement ( part of the PD) has them as well, and they do scan the stolen vehicle listings as well.

I imagine there are others, but those are the two I know of.

[helicopper 1,050]

The plate readers can also be programmed with things like scofflaws so it may be possible for non-law enforcement like Parking Enforcement, etc. to use them.

As v85 said, they won't have access to the full database from DMV.