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Two Windsor residents were snagged by OPP in Chatham for violating release order conditions after the car they were travelling in registered on the automated licence plate recognition system.
Officers with the Chatham detachment of the Elgin OPP stopped the passenger vehicle Wednesday around 6 p.m. on Highway 401 near Communication Road in Chatham-Kent.
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The automated licence plate recognition system sent a notification but police did not say what the notification identified.
Police said they found both the driver and the passenger were allegedly violating condtions of previous release orders.
A 29-year-old Windsor man was charged with failure to comply with a release order – other than to attend court and a 19-year-old Windsor teen was charged with failure to comply with an undertaking and breach of recognizance.
Both men were held pending a bail hearing.
Automated licence plate recognition cameras automatically scan and detect licence plates in the surrounding area of a police cruiser.
A camera is mounted on the windshield, pointing forward as it scans cars in front of the police vehicle.
The officer is notified when there is a “hit.”
It will tell the officer if a license plate is owned by a suspended driver or if plates are stolen, missing, suspended or have expired validation tags.
As well, if a plate is associated with a person with outstanding Canada-wide warrants or someone who has been reported missing, the system will alert the officer.
The system is capable of scanning thousands of licence plates per hour.
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