Plate Recognition In Criminal Enforcement (PRICE) Project

The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG) allows states and units of local governments, including tribes, to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on their own state and local needs and conditions. Grant funds can be used for state and local initiatives, technical assistance, training, personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, and information systems for criminal justice, including for any one or more of the following purpose areas: 1) law enforcement programs; 2) prosecution and court programs; 3) prevention and education programs; 4) corrections and community corrections programs; 5) drug treatment and enforcement programs; 6) planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs; and 7) crime victim and witness programs (other than compensation).

Henry County will use the 2009 JAG award to purchase a license plate recognition system to combat motor vehicle theft and related crimes. The project goals are to enhance the ability to recover stolen vehicles, enforce existing violations of suspects via vehicle registrations, track known perpetrators as they transport illegal substances or use the vehicles in the commissions of other crimes, and trace and identify vehicles involved in Amber Alerts.

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