It has been confirmed that Johor will become the first state in Malaysia to deploy the new Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system. Designed to catch errant vehicle owners with unpaid summonses and warrants, it was also reaffirmed that other states will adopt the new system by June this year.
According to The Star, the Johor Baru South OCPD has thus far received three ANPR devices already. The first location to get a fixed ANPR device will be the Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) complex. The remaining two units are reserved for special mobile operations.
Johor Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Sulaiman Salleh said that the ANPR system will also be set up at the Causeway next week. Traffic offenders moving in and out of the country will be stopped on site.
Yesterday, the ANPR system caught its first errant driver, during an Ops Saman operation in Johor Baru. A man was caught driving a scrapped vehicle with a fake license plate.
ACP Sulaiman explained that ANPR cameras detect vehicle license plates and run them through the databases of the Road Transport Department (JPJ) and the police crime department. Should there be a match, attending officers will be notified instantly.
The officer also mentioned that issuing summonses on the spot is now a lot easier to do, thanks to the new Mobile Compound Online Payments System (MCOPS).
“The MCOPS device is similar to a mini printer that can be hung at the side like a sling bag and with a special mobile application, officers would just have to insert the offender’s particulars to issue the summon. The device can also print a picture of the vehicle as proof of an offence,” Sulaiman explained.
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Is it not enough with arrest at work place and home? This just a waste of Public money on camera. What the police need just being able to check on offenders instantly from their petrol car!
Yes, I believed most, if not all police patrol cars, use petrol.
Kah kah kah..gotcha
this i like. because i want those who break the rules kena saman.
not fair because i can follow rules. why they cannot. i am very careful.
This is very good. Catch all those idiots on the road.
I like.
spend money to catch offenders. but don’t bother to catch the criminal that stole RM2.6b from the rakyat.
Ofcoz u like.. Just Wait until u get ticket for driving 65kmh at 60kmh zone then u will curse like hell..hihi
The ANPR cams in Johor have an easy time capturing Singapore license plates. The strict Singapore rules ensure uniform, legible numbers on their cars. Hope the OCR can cope with the many styles of Malaysian plates especially the fancy script ones. Pepperidge Farm remember the good old days when Malaysian plates have bigger lettering than Singapore’s.
Whatever it is, our law only applies to normal citizens. Those above there, especially in politics, can drive the way they want..
Bravo!!!! Great move…let’s nab those langsi Singaporean car drivers & make them strip naked to pay up long outstanding summons.
Childish
no its not! they crossed the line, so pay the fine! what? you’d be happy if they or anyone gets away without paying summons?
What about the pressed metal plates ? What if the offenders use non-standard fonts ? Anyway, this is good news for most of us… if you didn’t do anything wrong, you have nothing to fear. Those people who oppose the ANPR are the ones who speed, drive recklessly, park indiscriminately and whatnot.
Make sure you guys catch all the Datuks and Datins too, not just us rakyat or Singaporeans.
they should have a VIP special rates- Datuks pay 300% more, Tansris 500% more and so on.. the bigger the title the bigger the summons, because they are the ones that should be good examples what???
Another novel way to squeeze more money from the malaysian public.At least themoney is not going to cronies…..i hope. Wonder who sold the camera …..???
Is this another hot hot chicken s..t exercise?? Hope not. Look at the exercise to book dark tinted windscreen. After a short while, nothing change. The crooks still rule. Those queue beaters. The road bully rules. Continuous enforcement is lacking.
I like it. This is very good to those who not following the rules will get summon especially those Singaporean driver…….