Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) Cameras are specialised surveillance solutions that assist with the prevention and investigation of crime.
Whether it’s a construction site or a public space, ANPR cameras offer a wealth of benefits that enhance your security. We explore these in more detail.
Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) Cameras are specialised surveillance solutions that assist with the prevention and investigation of crime.
ANPR units are designed to detect, record and log vehicle license plates to help with capturing the suspects or criminals involved in any illegal activity or attempts of this on your site.
Unlike standard CCTV cameras designed to capture a wide field of view or are set to tour predefined zones for activity, ANPR cameras have the singular purpose of capturing licence plate details.
As the UK's leading supplier of Redeployable CCTV Cameras, in which we offer ANPR integrations alongside of, we understand the benefits of combining both features to help boost the crime prevention and protection you receive.
Below we outline the unique benefits of pairing our CCTV systems with ANPR cameras:
The Benefits of ANPR Cameras
ANPR cameras are an invaluable evidence gathering tool. They provide various industries with high-quality video footage and images to investigate crimes and secure prosecutions.
Typical deployment scenarios for WCCTV ANPR solutions include fly-tipping prevention, traffic crime monitoring, construction site security and events management.
But what is it that makes them so effective, and what makes our product set so unique?
High Accuracy Evidence
ANPR cameras will vary from one manufacturer to the next, however, with advanced systems like ours, they can help provide highly accurate evidence for any legal proceedings.
A general-purpose CCTV camera will almost certainly struggle to provide high-quality video in these conditions, but an ANPR camera will always deliver evidential-quality images.
Our ANPR Cameras can scan number plates from vehicles travelling at speeds up to 130 mph in any weather or lighting conditions. This ensures maximised protection for your site or business.
This combined with Redeployable CCTV Cameras delivers the dual benefit of a full situational overview video by providing crystal clear imagery of the incident itself, any suspects and any vehicles involved.
By using an integrated solution like this, it allows you to build a complete case which can be used by Police to secure prosecutions.
Image is taken from a WCCTV ANPR Camera (plate redacted)
Ease of Use
If using an integrated service like ourselves, ANPR solutions are generally easy-to-use and provide various functionalities and benefits all within one unit.
With our product offerings, we deliver a range of automated functionalities, which helps reduce the burden placed on you with security by removing the requirement to monitor and review footage manually.
Our free and unlicensed viewing software automatically converts license plate scans into a text database that users can quickly search for vehicles of interest.
The software can link to a nationally hosted data server and car detector, allowing users to create hotlists of vehicles of interest. In this instance, number plates from these vehicles are scanned and users will receive an automatic email alert.
Unlike competitors, we also provide the additional software of Stellifii, a cloud-based ecosystem that transforms the way your Redeployable CCTV and ANPR solutions work.
By bringing together wireless connectivity, IoT technology and reporting tools, our aim is to provide deeper insights to enhance your crime response without creating any complexities for you as our clients.
Compared to other ANPR solutions, this allows you to quickly check in on live and recorded footage, remotely monitors the diagnostics of our equipment and increases camera quality through the use of AI video analytics.
Portability and Versatility
Security risks develop and therefore, so do your systems.
ANPR cameras need to be able to be relocated with ease in order to adjust to any changing security needs in which you may be faced with as a business or site.
Our ANPR solutions are designed for rapid deployment and portability, requiring no fixed infrastructure to be installed.
All we need to do is simply fix the camera to a lighting column or building, power and position, then your solution is ready to use - no need for cabling or civil work.
We understand the importance of convenience, but also in providing immediate coverage for your site or building with both CCTV and ANPR cameras because without it, you’re completely vulnerable to any potential intruders and their intentions.
With us, if it’s required, our technical support team can help align the camera to ensure maximum operational effectiveness.
And when the issues are resolved in one area, or if your surveillance priorities change, our cameras can quickly be redeployed to a new location with minimum work required.
This allows for the near-immediate coverage of that new location, helping to track any intruders or vehicles that enter your specified location.
Increased Access Control
Many intruders will use vehicles to access your site and commit their crimes, so by combining CCTV and ANPR cameras into one solution, you’ll receive increased access control for your site.
Monitoring both vehicles and any suspects, they provide all-round coverage for evidence gathering purposes, ensuring that all aspects involved within the crime or potential crime are captured.
Also, their simple presence can place fear into any intruder and prevent them from wanting to take any actions, especially with CCTV Towers.
Standing up to 6 metres tall and painted bright yellow, they provide a visual criminal deterrent that reduces your site as a target for crime whilst providing the monitoring and recording powers of CCTV and ANPR cameras.
Which Industries Benefit from ANPR Cameras?
Due to the quality and versatility of ANPR cameras; many industries are now saughting after them to help protect their business, building or public spaces from the unique challenges they’re faced with.
Based on our 20+ years of experience in the security industry, we have supported multiple businesses to tackle such crime and below we’ve provided the key applications we believe will benefit most from deploying ANPR cameras:
Construction Site Security
ANPR cameras can significantly help improve construction site security.
Often dark or poorly lit, so a standard definition security camera might not deliver the video evidence required to help Police investigate crime and secure arrests.
All our Rapid Deployment Towers feature IR capabilities and can provide high-quality video up to 200 metres in complete darkness that can be utilised as usable evidence. With the addition of an ANPR camera to enhance its coverage to vehicles also, increasing its effectiveness.
The support of our Stellifii cloud system also ensures precise tracking of vehicle speeds, make, model and colour, giving you complete oversight, even with low visibility.
Many criminals will look to strike at night, so it’s even more important that any unwelcome vehicles can be promptly tracked by Police.
The cameras can help manage access control to your sites by creating a white list of authorised vehicles in the software database also, alerting you of any that are not included within this.
We have also supported construction sites to monitor roads surrounding their project which may present dangers to road users and your employees.
For example, one construction site had a small side road based outside of it with a speed limit of 5 mph. Due to the risks of plant machinery leaving the site and potential likelihood of a car accident, they placed an ANPR Camera to monitor this to minimise that risk.
Housing Associations
Housing Associations are responsible for millions of properties across the UK, and at times there are risks associated with them such as violent crimes, drug-use, theft and vandalism.
They can benefit from CCTV and ANPR cameras by deploying them within their communities to track cars entering and exiting streets at all times. This helps with evidence gathering should any crimes occur.
They are invaluable in supporting criminal investigations by the Police and help to prevent crime taking place there. This increases the safety within communities and provides them with peace of mind also.
Traffic Management
Road development projects and traffic management is complex due to the highly dangerous elements involved in maintaining road users and workers safety throughout this time.
Common risks include car accidents, worker injuries, congestion and pedestrian safety risks, all of which you could be held responsible for.
That’s why your security needs to be able to manage this and relieve the burden from you.
ANPR cameras are designed specifically to track vehicle license plates meaning you can easily monitor and record any vehicles displaying dangerous behaviour, any car accidents and of any unauthorised vehicles attempting to access your development project.
However, by integrating this with CCTV, you can boost this further by creating a visual deterrent factor to road users or unauthorised persons, and also record any incidents for evidence gathering purposes.
Local Authorities
Local Authorities are plagued with issues from ASB crime to fly-tipping, and you cannot keep eyes on all areas within your community to prevent these incidents.
However, this is leading to an overwhelming issue for many Local Authorities and is costing thousands, if not millions to resolve matters following their occurrence.
ANPR cameras have shown to effectively prevent crime regularly faced by Local Authorities and Councils, particularly fly-tipping.
When combined with a mobile CCTV solution such as our Towers, you can move these cameras between crime hotspots to help prevent and manage crime across various locations in a cost-effective manner.
Both cameras help to monitor and record incidents in order to support any criminal proceedings, so that Local Authorities and Councils aren’t left with the financial repercussions of such crime.
With fly-tipping specifically, laybys are one of the most common locations for this crime to take place, so having an ANPR camera present alongside your CCTV helps to gain additional information that sends you directly to the suspects.
Redeployable CCTV with ANPR Solutions
Every businesses’ goal when it comes to security is to prevent crime and capture criminals, but to do this you require a strong surveillance system that supports your requirements.
Our CCTV solutions with ANPR cameras provide precise monitoring and tracking of your site, any unauthorised persons and vehicles, giving you complete coverage.
We’ve helped improve public safety, seek prosecutions, prevent crime and provide reassurance to our clients through our customised camera solutions.
Are you looking to enhance your security? Speak with an expert today about how ANPR can boost your business’ protection.
