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FINES, South Australia | 'Kate' the super cop on wheels
The computer voice inside WA Police's new state-of-the-art patrol vehicle could well be the busiest police officer in the State.
Nicknamed "Kate", she is the mouthpiece for the patrol car's four roof-mounted cameras, which automatically scan numberplates.
And she sounds like a broken record. "Unregistered vehicle . . . unlicensed driver . . . multiple violations . . . alert . . . unregistered vehicle."
_The West Australian _took a 30-minute ride in the front seat of the high-tech patrol vehicle, the only one in the State, and the results were staggering.
Of 1025 vehicles, "Kate" identified 74 for possible offences - a ratio which our chaperone, Acting Sgt Greg Robinson, said was about average.
"And you'd be surprised how many times an offence like an unregistered vehicle turns into something much more serious," Sgt Robinson said.
"It's true: bad people do bad things, and more often than not they're on the roads to do them."
"Kate" is the first step in what WA Police hopes will be the future of on-road policing.
She scans every vehicle the patrol car passes and alerts officers to any offences.
And depending on a funding announcement expected in March, another 48 could be on the road.
The car is like a mobile office, with computer and internet connection, police database technology and multiple cameras. It also has fingerprint scanners and facial recognition technology
Western Australia | SA Drivers being harassed by police in other states
SA drivers are being harassed by police in other states for not having registration stickers.
Motorists have reported being fined for not displaying stickers when pulled over by police in other states.
In one case, a South Australian driver said they were forced to leave their car in Victoria and fly home to collect registration papers.
The State Government introduced the measure on July 1 as part of a cost-cutting exercise.
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FINES, South Australia | 'Stupid' to dump rego stickers
Article From The West Australian, Friday October 21, 2011.
A retiring magistrate has described the State Government's decision to scrap vehicle registration stickers as “a stupid idea” that has forced hundreds of people into the court system. Magistrate Wayne Tarr said that the $500,000 a year saving achieved by the Barnett Government in abolishing the stickers had not been worth the trouble.
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