POLICE in North Yorkshire are expanding a scheme which has seen 205 people arrested and more than £1.25million worth of property seized in one year.
Work has begun on a £150,000 scheme to implement three new fixed sites for the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) unit, which runs checks on vehicles in a bid to catch wanted people and find stolen vehicles.
Between June 2006 and May 2007 the dedicated ANPR team arrested a total of 205 people.
There are currently four static ANPR cameras in the county, but some police cars also have mobile cameras fitted.
According to a police authority report: "Through these arrests the team have supported the strategic aims of reducing crime and anti-social behaviour, bringing offenders to justice and reducing fear of crime and anti-social behaviour."
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