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Claiming it's because there's no poles to mount them on, the City of Paradise Valley, Arizona began installing license plate readers inside towering, fake cacti:
LPRs are normally mounted on light poles and traffic lights to scan for stolen cars or vehicles involved in an Amber Alert, but cities and counties have been stashing them in dozens of different covert locations, from car's fog lamps to retrofitted ladders. And in Arizona, it's not uncommon to see antennas camouflaged as a cactus, so the decision – at least from an aesthetic point-of-view – makes sense.
[...] [Town manager Kevin] Burke said the cameras are not being put in fake cactus to be secretive, but because there are no light poles in the area to put them on. He says they're trying to make the cameras aesthetically pleasing. It's all part of a $2 million police technology upgrade the council passed last year.
Is it safe to say the cameras are operated by a bunch of pricks?
(Score: 2, Insightful) by redneckmother on Saturday May 16 2015, @05:44AM
At least bicycles aren't required to have license plates.
"Yet."
Mas cerveza por favor.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by GungnirSniper on Saturday May 16 2015, @06:32AM
Does that mean police will start to look for stolen ones?
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(Score: 3, Funny) by isostatic on Saturday May 16 2015, @11:37AM
Sure, Just after they start looking for stolen cars.