California -- The swift arrest of a San Jose man in the abduction of a 12-year-old girl this week was aided by an eye-opening gadget that can scan the license plates of a street full of cars and instantly alert police to which vehicles have been reported stolen, sfgate.com reports.
It was a breakthrough moment for license plate recognition, a technology that is spreading to law enforcement around the Bay Area - and is prompting privacy concerns.
A San Jose police officer was on routine patrol Monday, hours after the girl had been rammed with a stolen car and pulled inside while she was walking with her sister in the Willow Glen neighborhood. Police said her attacker had tried to sexually assault her before she fought back and escaped barefoot.
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