ANPR Intercept Team Hits the Road

A special police team dedicated to tackling criminals spotted by ANPR cameras, has begun operating across West Yorkshire.

The ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) Intercept Team is made up of officers from West Yorkshire Police’s Operations Support Division, based at Carrgate, who are perfectly placed to respond to ANPR hits on the county’s roads.

West Yorkshire Police’s ANPR system uses a network of cameras which scan the number plates of vehicles and runs them through police and insurance databases. If a vehicle that has committed an offence is spotted, the police intercept it.

ANPR was first used by West Yorkshire Police eight years ago, when in its fledgling state it comprised a van and a laptop. Today ANPR in West Yorkshire is one of the best in the country and is made up of around 210 cameras which are linked to other police systems such as CCTV and in-car cameras. All of this provides the police with increased intelligence to tackle criminality on the roads.