[The Producer]

Originally Posted by Dragon-88

Curious to know how the Police system and ICBC's systems sync together. About 5 years ago I was driving my vehicle and got pulled over in Coquitlam. Cop asks for insurance and says their system isn't always up to date with ICBC so its showing my vehicle as uninsured. Although I was 8months into a 1 year plan that was paid off. They just checked it and let me go.

Was the cop simply lying just to get me to pull over and receive documentation? Do you think they would use this method more often, now that we dont have to run stickers? Seems like a super Gray area to me, I mean I know they can already do roadside DUI testing without any proof.

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/j...ce-recognition

I wonder if this change will alter what data is available to the officer

The scans are compared with the ALPR hot list, which is generated daily from Insurance Corporation of B.C. (ICBC) and Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) databases.

The secure hot list is loaded into ALPR-equipped police vehicles at the start of each shift. There is no real-time access to ICBC or CPIC drivers’ databases. A sound will alert the police officer if a scan results in a hit. The police officer must then confirm the hit against the live ICBC and CPIC databases. If the hit is confirmed, the officer responds as appropriate.

In the case of a hit, ALPR records the image of the vehicle, as well as its plate number, the date, time and GPS coordinates of the vehicle and the type of hit. The police officer will record what action was taken. No distinguishing features of vehicle occupants can be seen in 98% of the pictures taken because the camera focuses on the plate.

When a licence plate scan does not yield a hit, data about the plate is deleted from the ALPR system at the end of the officer’s shift. The only data that are saved are the date, time and GPS coordinates, which are kept for statistical purposes.