Spotted this operating in North Perth this afternoon - appears to be the new 'Argus' Automated Number Plate Recognition system that WAPOL were trialling late last year.
The camera is hooked up to a laptop, which locates the number plate on the car and runs it through a database. If the plate shows up as unlicensed, or if the officer on foot spots something, then they radio down the road to another team who pull the car over.
The laptop is a Panasonic Toughbook (indestructible little unit), which is hooked up to a Pips Technology P362 APNR Camera. Interestingly, the tripod is a Manfrotto 190B, which is simply a mid-range camera tripod
Very slick setup - spent a few minutes chatting with the officers who were operating it, who were very jovial and didn't seem to mind the camera with the big lens that I was carrying
Anyone else spotted this system in operation?
-B.
