Size and Scope of the National ANPR Data Centre's Database
HMP Britain made this Freedom of Information request to National Policing Improvement Agency This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear National Policing Improvement Agency,
I write concerning the National ANPR Data Centre (NADC) operated by the NPIA.
It is my understanding that an ANPR 'read' is a capture of the VRM and an image of the vehicle as it pases the camera. It is also my understanding that these reads are saved in a central repository and then transmitted to the NADC for storage in a database.
My questions are as follows:
How many fixed cameras feed information into the NADC database
Which organisations (Highways Agency, Police Forces, etc) supply ANPR read data to the NADC
Which organisations (Highways Agency, private companies, etc) allow their cameras to be tasked for the purposes of providing data for the NADC database.
How many 'read' hits are there. For example, how entries on the NADC's database are there of a car passing an ANPR camera site.
How long is ANPR read data routinely recorded for.
Yours faithfully,
HMP Britain
To whom this may concern;
Thank you for your recent request for information, about the size and scope of the National ANPR Data Centre's Database, dated 6th June 2010.
Your request was received on 6th June 2010 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We have logged your request which is receiving our attention. Your request reference number is 47217.
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Regards
NPIA FOI TEAM
National Policing Improvement Agency
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To who it may concern,
Please find response to your recent FOI request.
Regards,
Andy Woodgate
IKS Advisor
National Policing Improvement Agency
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8358 5587
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The Police ANPR database stores location of motorists... 7.6 billion times. Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) is a system whereby car numberplates are read as they pass a camera. The technology captures the number plate itself as a string (eg. X34 TVF) and an image. This comprises a 'read' and is then sent to the National Police Improvement Agency's (NPIA) National ANPR Data Centre (NADC) who store it on a database. An internal NPIA document confirms the database stores the data, time, location and images (PDF: http://library.npia.police.uk/docs/acpo/...).
There is a write up on our blog at http://www.hmpbritain.co.uk/uk-anpr-data...