Home Affairs minister says ANPR is a priority

Wednesday, 26 June 2024 07:12

The Home Affairs Minister says automatic number plate recognition is a priority for the Island.

During Tueday’s House of Keys sitting, Jane Poole-Wilson MHK was answering a question put to her by Arbory, Castletown and Malew MHK Jason Moorhouse, in which he asked what progress has been made to introduce the technology here.

Ms Poole-Wilson responded by saying that her department is currently in the process of adapting the national ANPR by developing regulations of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1985.

She explained more to members yesterday:

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