{"id":90485,"date":"1999-12-31T00:26:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/qld-cops-numberplate-camera-system-not-working-says-auditor\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:26:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:26:00","slug":"qld-cops-numberplate-camera-system-not-working-says-auditor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/qld-cops-numberplate-camera-system-not-working-says-auditor\/","title":{"rendered":"Qld Cops&#8217; Numberplate Camera System Not Working, Says Auditor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BRISBANE &#8211; Queensland Police have put the rollout of automatic number plate recognition cameras on ice after discovering they correctly clock offences in 19 percent of cases. Only 12 cameras remain in use.<span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif;\n\nmso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:\n\n&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU;\n\nmso-bidi-language:AR-SA\">The situation has been criticised by the Queensland<\/p>\n<p>Audit Office, which has understandably urged the force to get the system<\/p>\n<p>working correctly.<\/p>\n<p>The cameras are supposed to automatically detect vehicles out of register;<\/p>\n<p>owners of registered vehicles who don&#8217;t have a valid driver&#8217;s licence; stolen<\/p>\n<p>vehicles; and those suspected of being involved in an offence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The high failure rate is said to be due to the character-recognition software,<\/p>\n<p>which it seems has problems identifying the differences between similar-looking<\/p>\n<p>letters, such as O and Q &#8211; or maybe A and V.&nbsp; There are also problems<\/p>\n<p>reading personalised numberplates.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, the audit office found, the Department of Transport and Main<\/p>\n<p>Roads is behind schedule on integration of key back-end systems.&nbsp; This<\/p>\n<p>means what&#8217;s supposed to be an automatic system requires manual intervention.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&#8220;Until this integration occurs, the ability for police to intercept<\/p>\n<p>unregistered and uninsured vehicles is less than under the previous system,<\/p>\n<p>where a registration label was required to be displayed,&#8221;&nbsp; the audit<\/p>\n<p>office says.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently the rollout of the cameras by Queensland Police is on hold. 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