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Steve
PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 15:34 
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BBC Online wrote:
Trowbridge driver lost for three days

A Wiltshire grandfather spent three days trying to find his way home from Gatwick Airport after becoming disorientated in snowy conditions.

Moroccan-born Mohammed Bellazrak's family reported him missing after he failed to return to Trowbridge after dropping his wife off for a flight.

Police in Oxfordshire eventually flagged down the 72-year-old after his car triggered a camera in Oxford.

They found he had spent from 23 - 25 December driving, trying to get back.

Analysis from number-plate recognition systems showed he had driven around various towns in Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire and on the M4.

Mr Bellazrak had no mobile phone with him, and he told newspaper reporters that his sat-nav was not working.

Thames Valley Police took him to Oxford police station after he was stopped in Abingdon Road in the city at 2pm on Christmas Day, and after a rest, relatives took him home. He was unharmed by the ordeal.

A police spokesman told the BBC it was "nice the story had a happy ending".

A 'humorous with hindsight' story, but I am posting this because I picked up on something potentially iffy.
I thought ANPR cameras were meant to discard data of non-offending vehicles, instead of logging and retaining all journey details on a database?

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teabelly
PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 15:45 
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I think they can keep everything for a short while in the first instance then purge the rest. I don't know what the initial period is. I'd guess at something like 28 days as it is useful to have access to everyone's data initially.
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His plate was possibly flagged as he had been reported missing and therefore the system would record sightings?

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If they were recording his whereabouts then how come it took three days for them to 'find' him?

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Steve
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Toltec wrote:
His plate was possibly flagged as he had been reported missing and therefore the system would record sightings?

I had initially guessed he wasn't reported missing straight away; even then, I believe a person has to be missing for at least 24 hours before they can be considered as such.
Once flagged, I would estimate that he was pulled over quite swiftly.

Your explanation is reasonable Teabelly, thanks.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 02:40 
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Pete317 wrote:
If they were recording his whereabouts then how come it took three days for them to 'find' him?

At each hit, by the time it was logged, he had moved on - in random unpredictable patterns.

The answer to that problem is MORE ANPR cameras, so that the direction of travel could be determined. :shock:

I believe the weather at the time and his age were reasons for concern, hence his speedy posting as a misper. and ANPR flag.

There is a lot more detail about this on a foreign news site somewhere - I'll see if I can track it down later.

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The data is held for two years, although this is to be extended to five years shortly.

http://www.kable.co.uk/national-anpr-data-centre-police-acpo-03feb10

You should consider that any and ALL cctv/video units are capable of being used as anpr data providers.

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Not found the foreign one - but just this.... http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3318106/Grandpas-three-days-lost-on-M4.html

I have a 307....!

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