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PlateRanger is an advanced vehicle and license plate recognition (LPR) technology that can quickly uncover investigative leads for vehicle-related crimes. It leverages NVIDIA-powered AI software and advanced high-definition cameras to capture vehicle information and connect criminal vehicle associations through advanced analytics, streamlining the investigative process. Over the last 25 years, Rekor has perfected the PlateRanger ALPR solution.

While PlateRanger is built on Rekor’s advanced LPR technology, it is part of SoundThinking’s SafetySmart Platform and can be used alone or integrated with ShotSpotter and CrimeTracer solutions to provide a comprehensive crime investigation platform.

For example, when ShotSpotter detects a gunshot, the system can quickly identify vehicles near the incident, providing investigative leads or even alerting on suspected vehicles with criminal history at the time of the gunfire and quickly providing critical information that may lead to apprehension and conviction.

In addition, the integration with CrimeTracer and PlateRanger allows investigators to seamlessly search the license plate for known associations across more than a billion CJIS records and public source data. Using CrimeTracer, or Google for Cops, adds the ability to link vehicles across a national database, providing an investigative force multiplier.

Rekor is a leader in developing and implementing state-of-the-art roadway intelligence technology, with IPVM, a leading independent authority on physical security technology, recognizing this status.

ShotSpotter is recognized as a leader in the gunshot detection category. Pioneered over 25 years ago using a propriety AI algorithm, ShotSpotter is successfully deployed in more than 170 cities. ShotSpotter ensures accuracy and provides independently reviewed alerts. It includes video of the location and incident and is admissible in court as part of case evidence. ShotSpotter ultimately helps police officers save lives and collect critical evidence for investigations.

By integrating PlateRanger and ShotSpotter, we deliver industry-leading technologies designed to empower law enforcement with rapid and precise gunshot detection, seamlessly paired with automated and intelligent LPR integrations to jumpstart investigations.

PlateRanger offers competitive pricing and delivers exceptional value through its advanced features and superior performance, making PlateRanger a cost-effective choice for LPR. PlateRanger cameras can bolster your existing LPR plan, adding cameras where needed and providing an easy-to-use application, or provide a feature-rich and industry-leading accuracy LPR solution to your repour of law enforcement solutions. PlateRanger also offers the Rekor Blue mobile app, allowing mobile devices equipped with a camera to be used as license plate readers. PlateRanger LPRs include hosting and cellular for each device, making it a complete solution.

Yes, PlateRanger can ingest LPR data from other cameras through an API, allowing agencies to add PlateRanger cameras to existing LPR solutions to expand and enhance coverage.

Accepting data from other cameras lets users to view the combined PlateRanger data in one location. With the CrimeTracer integration, PlateRanger customers can query vehicle information across billions of records to find investigative leads quickly.

Yes, PlateRanger can integrate with state and national systems to automatically receive the latest wanted vehicle lists. Additionally, agencies can share agency-specific hot lists and other custom alerts.

SoundThinking’s PlateRanger system collects and manages vehicle data, including license plate numbers, images, and related information to support criminal investigations. The company maintains strict control over data, including AES-256 encryption, use controls and storage policies, retaining plate read data for up to 30 days, after which it’s securely deleted or anonymized. SoundThinking does not share this data without explicit agency approval or sell it for commercial purposes. The company implements robust security measures to safeguard user privacy and complies with relevant data protection laws, such as CJIS and others, balancing public safety needs and individual privacy concerns.

PlateRanger, powered by Rekor’s leading LPR technology, delivers industry-best read performance and high reliability. Utilizing AI edge processing, it provides exceptionally fast and accurate license plate recognition, ensuring reliable investigative leads for vehicle-related crimes. The solution delivers industry-leading plate detection with 99% accuracy, ensuring that no criminal goes unnoticed.

PlateRanger helps law enforcement quickly identify and track vehicles associated with criminal investigations. For example, PlateRanger can analyze criminal vehicle movement patterns, including vehicles that frequently travel together, cross-reference data with known criminal associations, and provide immediate investigative leads. This tool significantly speeds up investigations, helping officers connect the dots faster and respond more effectively, ultimately leading to safer communities. And with the valuable Rekor Blue mobile app that can be used on any mobile device with a camera, officers can quickly scan vehicles near a crime scene, checking hot lists, wanted vehicles, and other alerts, enhancing officer safety while searching for associated vehicles.

PlateRanger is a versatile tool suitable for a wide range of investigations, particularly as over 75% of crimes involve vehicles. It is commonly used to track stolen vehicles, identify suspects in homicides, armed robberies, and other felonies, locate vehicles tied to trafficking, and assist in missing person cases involving a vehicle.

PlateRanger provides a robust solution for quickly searching by plate, partial plate, or vehicle characteristics or performing aggregate analytics. It’s an essential tool for any investigation where criminal vehicle movement or identification is critical, providing law enforcement with a consolidated list to make their investigations efficient and effective.

PlateRanger is built to perform accurately across various environments and weather conditions, using advanced AI and robust camera technology to ensure reliability. PlateRanger leverages AI edge processing powered by NVIDIA. Rather than taking a single image to determine vehicle/plate, the system leverages video streams along with 100s of pictures per vehicle to determine vehicle/plate data using proprietary AI built on over 25 years of knowledge. Whether it’s low light, rain, or complex settings, PlateRanger ensures consistent, dependable results.

SafePointe is an AI-based concealed weapons detection system. In this context, we define weapons as metallic firearms.

Designed for high-throughput facilities, each lane of the SafePointe weapons detection system consists of two unobtrusive metal bollards positioned up to 8 feet apart, complemented by a 3D camera system and NVIDIA-powered edge processor.

The nondescript bollards seamlessly integrate into the environment, providing a public safety layer without sacrificing ambiance or visitor comfort. The advanced AI works behind the scenes to identify individuals carrying weapons.

SafePointe’s patented system integrates hardware and software, including an NVIDIA®-powered edge processor and an advanced 3D camera, to quickly detect weapons. Here’s how it works:

As entrants move past the bollards, magnetic moment technology identifies a digital signature of any magnetically conductive objects. The NVIDIA®-powered edge processor running a state-of-the-art AI model analyzes whether subjects have weapons, leveraging magnetic moment data along with the live-motion data captured by the advanced 3D camera to determine direction, speed, and movement. If a weapon is detected, the alert is sent to the facility security staff via the SafePointe app or text, including an image identifying the individual, along with a short video. This information enables internal security to respond accordingly using the facility protocols.

No, SafePointe does not use facial recognition technology. Instead, the system relies on motion data and magnetic signature analysis to detect potential threats, ensuring effective security while maintaining personal privacy.

SafePointe is designed for continuous, high-throughput screening, allowing foot traffic to seamlessly pass through entrances with minimal disruption. The system also supports unmanned screening at entrances, enabling free-flowing access to facilities and venues, while reducing operational costs with its ability to simultaneously scan multiple individuals as they move through the detection zone.

SafePointe collects motion and magnetic data, processed locally on the edge processor, without storing personally identifiable information. The system is SOC2 certified and HIPAA compliant.

The SafePointe system is highly versatile and can be installed both indoors and outdoors. The outdoor hardware can withstand harsh weather conditions. The sensors are designed to blend seamlessly into the environment, disguised as common entrance features such as bollards, planters, or trash cans. Facilities can implement multiple lanes to cover all entrances, with each lane requiring a maximum of 8 feet of space between bollards, and can daisy chain bollards to accommodate wide entrances. Existing SafePointe customers include hospitals, casinos, corporate locations, museums, and warehouses across the country.

SafePointe differs from traditional metal detectors in many ways:

• In contrast to a traditional metal detector, SafePointe’s weapons detection system offers greater technical sophistication with its advanced 3D imaging and magnetic analysis to detect potential threats with greater precision.
• Unlike most traditional metal detectors, which are highly visible, SafePointe’s discreet bollards provide a reliable public safety layer without sacrificing visitor experience.
• Traditional metal detectors often result in long queues, frustrated visitors, and inefficient security operations. The SafePointe system, by contrast, offers high throughput and efficiently screens large volumes of people simultaneously.
• A typical metal detector can require up to two to five individuals to operate, which is a large operational expense. In contrast, SafePointe’s unmanned screening process stands out for its low total cost of ownership, supporting uninterrupted coverage and enabling internal security departments to appropriately respond to detected threats as they arise without needing to employ additional personnel to monitor the system continuously.
• Many metal detectors and weapons detection systems use active magnetic field-generating sensors, which can pose risks to individuals with pacemakers or other medical devices. SafePointe’s Magnetic Moment sensors, however, are passive, providing a safe and reliable solution for screening individuals wearing medical devices.
• Traditional metal detectors often feature narrow, restrictive pathways, making access challenging. In contrast, SafePointe bollards provide a wide 8-foot clearance, ensuring smooth, accessible passage.

SafePointe has transformed security screening protocols at a hospital in Florida. Since its adoption, the hospital has effectively detected numerous concealed weapons. By leveraging technology that identifies weapons based on their distinct magnetic profiles, SafePointe addresses the growing challenge of sophisticated concealment methods. This innovative solution enables the hospital to enhance safety for patients and staff while maintaining its commitment to high-quality care. You can learn more here.

While both SafePointe and Evolv are weapons detection systems, their designs and operations differ significantly. SafePointe employs a discreet, “undercover” approach with unobtrusive bollard-like sensors that blend seamlessly into the environment, minimizing disruption. Its advanced AI algorithms also reduce the need for constant human monitoring, offering potential cost savings in certain applications. SafePointe is ideal for settings where maintaining a subtle security presence is essential, such as casinos, hospitals, or high-traffic areas, whereas Evolv may be better suited for environments where a more visible screening process is acceptable. You can learn more here.

The InSight data platform allows analysis, review, and sharing of SafePointe data across multiple lanes, entrances, and facilities. It provides comprehensive reporting options including alert reviews, historical data, and incident scorecards tracking visitor count, detections, alerts, ground truth, and performance metrics.