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WA police, Westfield use number plate recognition to stop retail crime
Campbell Kwan
Australian Financial Review
Nov 16, 2025 – 8.09am
https://www.afr.com/companies/retail/wa-police-westfield-use-number-plate-recognition-to-stop-retail-crime-20251114-p5nfip
Western Australian police and Westfield owner Scentre Group have banded
together to use camera recognition technology to track criminals
entering and leaving shopping centres as part of efforts to tackle the
rise in retail crime.
In a significant escalation of surveillance measures, WA Police’s
automatic number plate recognition cameras have been deployed at Perth’s
Westfield Carousel to track the movements of known and suspected criminals.
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