Best Practices

Dallas License Plate Reader Program wins “Best of Texas” Award

Congratulations to the Dallas Police Department for winning the “2014 Best of Texas” award for its License Plate Reader (LPR) Program in the category of “Best Application Serving an Agency’s Business Needs”! The write-up (below) references that the Dallas license plate reader system of 14 mobile units and 14 fixed cameras have resulted in over 300 …

Dallas License Plate Reader Program wins “Best of Texas” Award Read More »

Drug Trafficking Operation Identified with Vigilant Solutions LPR Data

Watch our latest “True Story” animation involving an interstate drug trafficking organization identified using Vigilant Solutions license plate recognition (LPR) data.  Using historical LPR data dating back over 2 years, four apartment complexes were identified to be a part of the drug trafficking operation, and over twenty vehicles were identified. <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/DpEFgq-Cu2o” frameborder=”0″ …

Drug Trafficking Operation Identified with Vigilant Solutions LPR Data Read More »

Residence of Suspect in Officer Shooting and Double Homicide located using Vigilant License Plate Reader Data

Vigilant Solutions announces today that its license plate recognition (LPR) data and online investigative tools were used by the Arizona  Counter  Terrorism Information Center’s (ACTIC) Criminal Investigation Research Unit (CIRU) in an investigation connecting the murderer of a Maricopa County Deputy Sheriff to a double homicide. Sergeant J.D. Williamson of ACTIC recounts the tragic events, …

Residence of Suspect in Officer Shooting and Double Homicide located using Vigilant License Plate Reader Data Read More »

St. Charles Police Department Locates Suspects in University Bomb Threat, Gas-Station Drive-Offs, and Other Cases using Vigilant Solutions License Plate Recognition and Online Investigative Tools

Vigilant Solutions announces today that St. Charles Police Department in Missouri is seeing benefits from Vigilant’s diverse offering of mobile license plate readers, license plate recognition, Mobile Companion smartphone application, and hosted LEARN enterprise solution for investigations. Most recently, their use enabled the identification and location of a suspect in a bomb threat at Lindenwood …

St. Charles Police Department Locates Suspects in University Bomb Threat, Gas-Station Drive-Offs, and Other Cases using Vigilant Solutions License Plate Recognition and Online Investigative Tools Read More »

Sacramento County Continues Successful License Plate Recognition (LPR) Program with Vigilant Solutions’ LPR Data

Vigilant Solutions announces today that Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department (SCSD) continues its successful license plate recognition (LPR) program with Vigilant Solutions’s network of private LPR data and online investigative and analytic tools. Vigilant’s private LPR data is harvested from a number of sources and made available exclusively to law enforcement for investigative use. Sergeant Kyle …

Sacramento County Continues Successful License Plate Recognition (LPR) Program with Vigilant Solutions’ LPR Data Read More »

LPR Scalability

With any system involving large amounts of data, scalability is paramount.  The Founders of Vigilant Solutions, and much of its development staff, have deep rooted experience in data aggregation and warehousing.  This experience has proven valuable to Vigilant in its national data sharing initiative, widely known as NVLS, and also to its many customers that …

LPR Scalability Read More »