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Products for police forces
Ghost and clone plate detection on the camera estate a force already runs, AI number plate recognition, evidence‑grade storage and the wireless systems behind them.
What it is
Software first, on the cameras you already have
Most of what NOW Wireless supplies to the police is software that runs on existing CCTV and ANPR data: SenseTrace spots a plate that cannot be read or does not match its vehicle and raises an alert, with images and reasons, while the vehicle is still on the road. Behind it sit AI ANPR, SenseView and the storage that keeps footage until it is needed in court.
NOW Wireless also designs and engineers wireless systems and specialist wireless devices for the police and the Ministry of Defence, from standard hardware transformed by our own software to fully custom radio and antenna systems.
Why forces choose it
Real time, not retrospective
Alert in about 30 seconds
In a live force trial: sixteen notices in three hours, no false positives, no changes to the cameras.
No new cameras
Runs on existing CCTV and ANPR data, locally or in the cloud, and scales with the estate.
Evidence kept
A storage array holds days of footage across many cameras until court evidence is produced; full export.
Force owns the data
Plates hashed and salted after capture; retention set by the force; no facial recognition anywhere.
Live, historic, passive
Three ways forces use it
Live: instant identification with officers already on the way. Historic: hotspots of activity, for example around a charging cordon. Passive: a database of vehicles carrying illegal plates, with notices sent to warn offenders. Most forces end up using all three.
- Every alert carries its images and its reasons; the officer decides
- Historic data builds intelligence: hotspots, repeat offenders, evidence over time
- Reads forwarded to police systems in real time
The captured plate compared with the vehicle record behind it; a mismatch is flagged instantly.
The range
What is in the family
Products supplied to police and defence customers.
| Product | What it does | Where it goes |
|---|---|---|
| SenseTrace | Ghost and clone plate detection on existing CCTV and ANPR data, with real‑time alerts | Control room or cloud |
| AI ANPR | Plate reading on any camera, improving older ANPR cameras, with national‑records lookup | Roadside, control room or cloud |
| Police evidence storage | Array preserving days of footage across many cameras until court evidence is generated; USB export | Control room |
| SenseView for forces | Live and historic analysis, hotspot mapping, hashed identifiers, force‑set retention | Control room or cloud |
| Wireless systems | Designed and engineered in the United Kingdom, standard or fully custom | To requirement |
| Specialist wireless devices | Built to each service’s requirement | To requirement |
Details of specialist systems are discussed directly with the force or service concerned. No pricing is published.
Where it is used
Read the full account
The Police page explains the problem and the trial; Ghost Plates goes into the method, governance and pilot options.
Next step
Talk to us about a pilot
A pilot runs on the camera estate the force already operates. Ask for the Police Products brochure or arrange a conversation with our engineers.