Las Vegas Installs License Plate-Reading Cameras

Las Vegas Installs License Plate-Reading Cameras.

Costfoto / NurPhoto / Getty Images

Key Takeaways

Ahead of Tuesday night’s New Year’s Eve celebration, the city of Las Vegas activated 22 new surveillance cameras along streets intersecting the Fremont Street Experience (FSE). These cameras actively scan for the license plates of stolen or wanted vehicles, notifying law enforcement when any matches are obtained.

AI renders a photo of license-plate cameras installed along a street dissecting the Fremont Street Experience. (Image: GROK2)

“The cameras will improve public safety during New Year’s Eve festivities and beyond,” according to a city press release.

The cameras cannot be used by police to monitor or punish traffic infractions, such as speeding or running red lights, the city claims.

Here s Looking at You

More than 300 video cameras already monitor the crowd underneath the FSE’s giant LED canopy, which is believed to draw millions of people annually.

In 2020, the FSE reportedly installed a multimillion-dollar gunshot detection system called ShotPoint. Developed by New Mexico tech company Databuoy, it integrated with the cameras already in place to provide law enforcement with real-time gunshot alerts.

Two years later, following two incidents of gun violence, FSE also Manufactured by a Vegas tech company called Remark Holdings, this automatically also uses the FSE’s cameras to scan crowds for signs of fire, intrusions, unattended bags, vandalism, graffiti, fights and loitering.

It is also used for crowd-counting and to analyze pedestrian traffic patterns.

According to the FSE, neither of these systems employs facial recognition software.

Article Sources
Betsson Officially Ends Chile Sponsorships After Unprecedented Betting Ban editorial policy.
  1. Ohio Casino Revenues Slip as Arrests Made in Illegal Busts

Compare Accounts
×
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Sets Temporary Sports Betting Regulations
Provider
Name
Description
French Casino Operator JOA Group Praised by European Casino Association  MGM Resorts New York Casino Acquisition Not a Factor in Ongoing Bridgeport, Connecticut Push  Las Vegas Metro Police Fired Officer Who Froze During October 1, 2017 Mandalay Bay Massacre  Las Vegas Strip Recovery Hampered By Too Many Hotel Rooms  Flutter Entertainment-Stars Group Merger to Be Probed by UK Antitrust Regulators  NFL Underdogs Generating Heavy Action  English Premier League, Italy’s Serie A Announce Mid-June Soccer Restart Dates  Caesars Talks Rumored On Betway Sports Betting Market Access Deal  Wild Weekend in College Football Shakes Up Poll, Playoff Rankings  Home Favorites Face Tough Challenges in Top Week 7 NFL Matchups