Las Vegas Installs License Plate-Reading Cameras

Las Vegas Installs License Plate-Reading Cameras.

Costfoto / NurPhoto / Getty Images

Key Takeaways

Ahead of Tuesday night’s New Year’s Eve celebration, the city of Las Vegas activated 22 new surveillance cameras along streets intersecting the Fremont Street Experience (FSE). These cameras actively scan for the license plates of stolen or wanted vehicles, notifying law enforcement when any matches are obtained.

AI renders a photo of license-plate cameras installed along a street dissecting the Fremont Street Experience. (Image: GROK2)

“The cameras will improve public safety during New Year’s Eve festivities and beyond,” according to a city press release.

The cameras cannot be used by police to monitor or punish traffic infractions, such as speeding or running red lights, the city claims.

Here s Looking at You

More than 300 video cameras already monitor the crowd underneath the FSE’s giant LED canopy, which is believed to draw millions of people annually.

In 2020, the FSE reportedly installed a multimillion-dollar gunshot detection system called ShotPoint. Developed by New Mexico tech company Databuoy, it integrated with the cameras already in place to provide law enforcement with real-time gunshot alerts.

Two years later, following two incidents of gun violence, FSE also Manufactured by a Vegas tech company called Remark Holdings, this automatically also uses the FSE’s cameras to scan crowds for signs of fire, intrusions, unattended bags, vandalism, graffiti, fights and loitering.

It is also used for crowd-counting and to analyze pedestrian traffic patterns.

According to the FSE, neither of these systems employs facial recognition software.

Article Sources
Keep New Jersey Casinos Open, Begs Sen. Chris Brown, as State Shutdown Looms editorial policy.
  1. Rhode Island Sports Betting Will Be Legalized Friday, Vows Governor

Compare Accounts
×
Ambulance Chasing Attorney’s Alleged $2M Embezzlement No Accident, Used Money to Gamble
Provider
Name
Description
Caesars Entertainment CEO Search to Replace Mark Frissora Could Take Many Months  Wynn Las Vegas Dealers Celebrate Supreme Court Decision on Tip-Pooling  Caesars Entertainment CEO Search to Replace Mark Frissora Could Take Many Months  Pittsburgh Pirates Want Cut of Sports Betting Profits to Fund Stadium Upgrades  From Gangsters and Rats to Key Crime Witnesses, Gaming’s Flatliners of 2018 Never Saw It Coming  England’s Back-to-Back Wins Provoke Record World Cup Betting Rampage Followed by Media Backlash  Nevada Regulators Grant Gaming License for Tiny Casino in a Tiny Town  Atlantic City Casino Employees Getting Back to Work, More Than Half of Previously Laid-Off Union Members Ready to Clock in at Hard Rock, Ocean Resort  Dragon Corp’s Blockchain-Powered Floating Casino Concept Capsizes Over Unsigned Contracts, Delayed Payments  World Cup Betting: England and Belgium Impress, Germany Bounces Back