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Detective: ALPR lead helped identify vehicle in Ferndale homicide; police emphasize private video and detective work alongside ALPR
Summary
Detective Matt Goble described how an ALPR 'hit' combined with private-business video and traditional detective work helped investigators identify a pickup linked to the killing of Mamadou Diallo and led to prosecution; police stressed ALPR provides still-plate images (not video or facial recognition).
At a community conversation, Detective Matt Goble described how Ferndale investigators combined private surveillance video and an automatic license plate reader (ALPR) hit to develop a suspect vehicle in the fatal shooting of Mamadou Diallo. Goble said detectives began with a White Castle receipt and business video, identified a pickup truck of interest, and the ALPR hit provided a license-plate lead that narrowed the investigation and helped…
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