Scanner helps Ind. police find stolen cars
INDIANAPOLIS - Lawrence police officers are using a new scanning device that can quickly identify stolen cars. The system has helped the department recover 21 stolen cars in seven weeks. It uses two cameras attached to a squad car that scans license plates and compares them in less than a second to a nationwide FBI database of reported stolen vehicles.
A police officer in the Indianapolis suburb sought the system and funding after a fellow officer was killed last year by a driver in a stolen vehicle.
Craig Herbert, a five-year veteran of the department, died when a 15-year-old driving a stolen van lost control of the vehicle that was traveling more than 90 mph and plowed into Herbert's squad car, authorities said.
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