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AUTOMATIC NUMBER PLATE RECOGNITION (ANPR)
BIG BROTHER or BIG FRIENDLY GIANT ?
THE EFFECTIVENESS MATRIX
REPUTATION
RELIABILITY
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CONTENT
q HISTORY
q LEGISLATION
q VIEWS AND CONCERNS
q STRATEGY AND PROCEDURES - POLICE (Local Authorities, Private Sector)
q VEHICLE NUMBER PLATES
ANPR HISTORY
• 1976 - DEVELOPED BY HOME OFFICE SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT BRANCH (HOSDB)
• 1981 - FIRST ARREST
• 1993 - CITY OF LONDON – RING OF STEEL
• 1997 - CITY OF LONDON - RING OF STEEL - LINKED ANPR CAMERAS
• 2002 - HOME OFFICE / ASSOCIATION OF CHIEF POLICE OFFICERS (ACPO) –
• ESTABLISH DEDICATED INTERCEPT TEAMS IN 9 CONSTABULARIES
• 2003 - INTRODUCTION OF LONDON CONGESTION CHARGE
• 2009 - LAUNCH OF NATIONAL ANPR DATA CENTRE (NADC) – STORES 10 TO 50
MILLION READS PER DAY
LEGISLATION
(1) ANPR CAMERAS – REGULATION AND TYPE APPROVAL
(2) COVERT CCTV and ANPR - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000
- necessity and proportionality test- register of approvals and external audit (by the Chief Surveillance
Commissioner (CSC))
(3) OVERT CCTV and ANPR - Data Protection Act 1998- CCTV Code of Practice 2008
administered by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
(4) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
CCTV CODE OF PRACTICE 2008
Ø Ensuring effective administration
Ø Storing and viewing images
Ø Disclosure
Ø Retention
Ø Letting people know
Ø Subject access requests
Ø Staying in control
Ø Monitoring your workforce
VIEWS AND CONCERNS
• POLITICAL
ü HOME OFFICE 2009 - RIPA – SCOPE? - BUREAUCRACY?
ü HOUSE OF LORDS 2009 – Surveillance : Citizens and the State
ü Questions CCTV efficacy – call for independent appraisal
ü Establish statutory regime for CCTV – involving public/private
sectors and both surveillance offices – CSC and ICO
VIEWS AND CONCERNS - continued
• PUBLIC
‘Knowing that ANPR cameras are used on the roads makes me feel
safer and is a useful tool’
%
Agree 65
Disagree 15
Populus/AA on-line survey - March 2009
VIEWS AND CONCERNS - continued
• PUBLIC SERVANTS
(a) Chief Surveillance Commissioner – past four years annual
reports have expressed concerns regarding ANPR
(b) European Data Protection Supervisor – July 2009 – re ITS Europe
Strategy
• CAMPAIGNING GROUPS
Privacy International – complaint to ICO regarding NADC plan to
retain data for five year. ACPO/NPIA response – July 2009 –
propose 2 years
VIEWS AND CONCERNS - continued
• CAMPAIGNING GROUPS
• Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust – March 2009 – Database State?
46 National databases assessed - 6 green
29 amber
11 red
Amber include NADC, CCTV, DVLA
• European Secure Vehicle Alliance (ESVA)
UK vehicle number plate manufacture and distribution system
STRATEGY and PROCEDURES - POLICE
• INVESTIGATIVE - historical data
• PROACTIVE - intelligence led
• RESPONSE - field based
- via NADC
IS ANPR EFFECTIVE?
• COUNTER TERRORISM
• INCREASING ROAD USER COMPLIANCE – insurance, road tax
• VEHICLE NUMBER PLATE CONFUSION??
UK VEHICLE NUMBER PLATES
• Concerns highlighted in 1994
• Vehicles (Crime) Act 2002
• Currently 40,000 suppliers – regarded as an accessory
• 9 European countries from 16 surveyed have single source supplier
as do Australia and New Zealand
THE EFFECTIVENESS MATRIX
REPUTATION
RELIABILITY
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For more details – please contact :-
• Viv Nicholas
• Executive Director
• European Secure Vehicle Alliance (ESVA)
• E-mail [email protected]
• Tel 0044 (0)1628 661887
