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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) by deimtee on Saturday May 16 2015, @10:52AM
Shooting would leave ugly holes in them. You don't want them to look ugly do you?
What you need is some cactus colored spray paint so you can go around and make sure they are all nice and evenly coated.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 16 2015, @06:05PM
My spray-paint idea was to alert others to the ruse by painting letters on the fakes
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such that the tip of the arrow is painted over the lens.
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(Score: 2) by deimtee on Sunday May 17 2015, @11:37AM
Further thought: Bonus points if you do such a good job on the paint they lose track of it amongst the real cacti.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.