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Rekor’s Vehicle Recognition Solutions Selected by Mt. Juliet Tennessee Police Department to Increase Public Safety After Successful Test Caught Wanted Fugitive
Tennessee police department to utilize Rekor's "plug-and-play" vehicle recognition system and powerful Watchman software for license plate reads with up to
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[{"type":"text","content":"Tennessee police department to utilize Rekor's \"plug-and-play\" vehicle recognition system and powerful Watchman software for license plate reads with up to 99% accuracyCOLUMBIA, MD / ACCESSWIRE / January 8, 2020 / Rekor Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:REKR) (\"Rekor\"), a Nasdaq company focused on bringing smarter, faster, cost-competitive solutions to the worlds of public safety and customer experience, announced today it has been selected by the City of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee (\"the City\") and the Mt. Juliet Police Department (\"MJPD\") to provide robust vehicle recognition solutions. The City and MJPD selected Rekor to roll out the community's Automated License Plate Recognition (\"ALPR\") program which the department is terming, \"Guardian Shield.\" The Guardian Shield program was initiated to enhance the community's safety by providing an additional tool to further protect and shield residents and visitors from criminals who enter the City to cause harm.Before selecting Rekor, MJPD and IT professionals conducted rigorous testing and an extensive review of Rekor and other leading license plate recognition systems. After testing was completed, the Rekor solutions clearly outperformed competitors. An alert generated from Rekor led to the successful apprehension of an armed and dangerous fugitive from a nearby county. Thirty-seven locations for fixed cameras have been identified that will provide the best possible coverage to protect the entire Mt. Juliet community. $89,000 has been budgeted per year and Rekor Systems will support the cameras pending successful final approvals.\"Our number one priority is maintaining the safety of our community, and we are always looking for robust tools and technologies that can help us to do so. Rekor's Edge and Watchman vehicle recognition technology provided better results than its competition during our trial period. Importantly, it proved its value immediately during testing by helping us to catch a wanted fugitive and take a dangerous man off the streets,\" said James Hambrick, Chief, MJPD. \"With higher accuracy than other providers, as well as the ability to affordably scale, Rekor's solutions fit the needs of our department both now and for the future. We look forward to working with Rekor to make Mt. Juliet and the surrounding communities a safer place.\"As a part of its subscription, and at...