Case Study: Westchester County Police Departments expand mobile license plate recognition with MOBOTIX S74 cameras

License Plate Recognition on Moving Vehicles

Police departments in Westchester County sought to expand their successful license plate recognition (LPR) system beyond fixed highway cameras to provide broader mobile coverage, all while keeping costs significantly lower than traditional patrol vehicle solutions. Their challenge was to find a discreet, high-resolution camera that could accurately capture license plates from a moving police car at high speeds without sacrificing performance.

The departments chose Mobotix and deployed its S74 Flex cameras, which use dual 4K sensors to capture up to five lanes of traffic from a single mobile unit. By engineering the solution around Mobotix technology, they reduced the cost per vehicle from a typical $17-25K to under $5K. This powerful and affordable mobile LPR system has captured 243 million license plates, contributed to over 200 arrests, and recovered 102 stolen vehicles, making it an indispensable tool for proactive and reactive policing across the county.

Police Departments in Westchester County

Brian Hess

Chief Officer