When I visit my elderly father, we watch a bunch of the Live PD type shows. We wonder about the boxes seen on the trunk lids of some of the patrol cars.
White boxes, very roughly 5 by 5 by 8 inches, with cables coming out of the forward side. These are in a row across the trunk lid, sometimes 3 boxes, sometimes 4 boxes. I did see one car with these boxes lined up on the roof, just above the rear window.
My Google search was an utter failure, but I did try.
So what are these?
Bart Noir
Satellite connections?
Probably automated license plate readers (google ALPR).Originally Posted by Bart Noir
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Concur re ALPR
Sound like a plate reader.
Sorta around sometimes for some of your shitty mod needs.
And I had a better Google day, finding the answer.
It is equipment added to patrol cars to support the Live PD broadcasts. Here is a link to the vendor who makes the gear:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/vidov...jachetta-ms-ee
Bart Noir
That's pretty interesting.
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We had boxes that looked like that on the trunks of our cars sometimes...but it was just take-out orders that guys forgot and left there before driving off.
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