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Police officially unveiled the automated licence plate recognition vehicle at the Police Services Board meeting Wednesday morning. The vehicle, which has four cameras mounted near the light bar on the roof, can scan between 3,000 and 5,000 plates per shift. An Ontario Provincial Police-curated "hot list" is automatically uploaded and if the licence plate comes back as hot (i.e. stolen, does not have insurance or driver has a suspended licence), it will alert the officer. The traffic officer will dou- ble-check that it is the correct vehicle, then conduct a traffic stop. This is the first vehicle of its kind for the Waterloo Regional Police, but other municipali- ties have been using the tech- nology for years. Police Chief Bryan Lar- kin said WRPS "strategically" waited for other municipalities to take on the project so any issues could be smoothed out. When asked if there were any guarantees or estimates on how many "hits" a vehicle would get during a typical shift, Kevin Thaler, deputy chief of operations, said: "One analogy is that the vehicle didn't get off the same street its entire shift." While there are privacy concerns about the storage of licence plate numbers, the Police Services Board was told that all licence plates scanned are immediately deleted, unless they come back hot. The police service has also set up an internal auditing pro- cess to ensure that happens. The total cost of the project is about $60,000, which is cov- ered by a provincial grant. According to Larkin, in a standard cruiser, officers would only be able to check between 35 and 50 licence plates manually per shift. Police to use automated system to scan licence plates AdAm JAckson Photo Local police unveiled its automated licence plate vehicle. By Adam Jackson Chronicle Staff Regional property tax bills could go up by 0.76 per cent if the Waterloo Regional Police budget goes forward as proposed. The management of the police service presented their budget to the police board Wednesday, and it includes nearly $24 million in capital costs for 2018. One of the major costs for next year will be the renova- tions to 200 Frederick St., the former provincial courthouse, as the service converts it over to house its new central division headquarters. A total of $8 mil- lion is allocated for the project in 2018. Galloway described the 200 Frederick St. project, which is expected to cost $46 million when it's all said and done, as "overwhelming." The building, which will house the new central division once it is re-opened in 2020, was purchased by the police service this year. The police have budgeted $8 million to cover the cost of renovating the building. The project coincides with a major voice radio project, which is expected to cost more than $2 million on the capital side of the budget in 2018. "It's a timing piece. Some of it is unfortunate," said Police Chief Bryan Larkin, after being questioned by chair Tom Galloway about the costs. "I think we need to be a little less ambitious -- ambition is a good thing -- but in reality, we won't be able to finish some of those projects." Galloway requested that staff shave a tenth of a per cent from the proposed increase. "I want to see what a .66 increase instead of a .76 increase looks like, and I want the board to be able to make some decisions," said Galloway. On the operational side of the budget, there is a proposed $4.5-million increase, spurred in part by a $1-million increase in debt servicing, and general increases in other categories, such as maintenance and sala- ries. Police management will report back to the board in November with some other budget options. If the Police Services Board agrees, the budget will go to Region of Waterloo council for final approval. Police ask for increase in capital budget to pay for expansion plans