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Article: Federal Signal's PIPS ALPR Technology Improving Public Safety in Long Beach.
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- PR Newswire
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- August 28, 2008
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Ill., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Federal Signal Corporation's Safety and Security Systems Group, a leader in advancing security and well-being, today announced that its PIPS automated license/number plate recognition (ALPR/ANPR) technology is being hailed for its effectiveness in helping California's Long Beach Police Department improve public safety.
Looking to change a three year trend of auto theft increases, Long Beach purchased four PIPS mobile-based systems in December of 2005. "While the system has been extremely effective in combating this trend, we quickly discovered that the value of the PIPS solution went far beyond stolen vehicle recovery," ...