How to identify car owner by license plate?

[dmccarty]

Remember, just because one has a license plate number, and one managed to get the name attached to the license plate, it is not always true the plate is attached to the car it is supposed to be. Plates are stolen and put on other cars. The car could be stolen. Sometimes people let other people use their car. You really have no idea who is in the vehicle based on the plates. Most of the time, the people in the car match the plate, but not always.

If one does come across a vehicle with a person, errrr, well, body inside, just call 911, 999, or whatever is used in your country. Obviously, do this to preserve the scene, but people are committing suicide using commonly available chemicals that they mix in a bucket. Often a five gallon bucket. The chemicals produce a gas which kills. Usually, the person committing suicide, puts up signs to warn first responders, but they might not so be careful... Or if a person is shocked to see a body a person could just open a door and not notice the signs...

Years ago I was driving into work early in the morning and saw a nice car parked along side a lake. Kinda odd it was, but people do park at the spot, just not in that nice of a car, nor normally at that time of the day. Figured if the car was there on my way home I would stop and check. No need to do so, since I saw a news report that a person had committed suicide by the bucket gas method in that car.

Later,
Dan

 

[stuckmotor]

Good suggestions keep coming in. Thanks to all.

 

[stuckmotor]

DMV database access varies from state to state...below is a short list of civilian entities that are often allowed access (often by subscription)...

>>The list includes law firms; insurance companies; auto sales, service and towing companies; private investigators and security firms; and companies and nonprofit organizations that employ drivers.<<

Thanks /. I think your first sentence explains why opinions on this issue are all over the place.

 

[two_bit_score]

They can be fired and/or jailed for that. Access to that system is restricted, for official use only and everything is logged.

If a plate come back with a hit for a wanted person, what will they do if an officer is not on scene, or nearby enough to make the arrest? Officers have been killed on traffic stops or checking random seemingly abandoned vehicles simply running the plate and being surprised when they confront the occupant, or as the occupant returns.

There have been situations where plates are being monitored nationwide by alphabet agencies. They know the plate's being run almost as fast as the officer does. Dispatch will suddenly get a call telling them the black SUVs are rolling and not to let the vehicle go.

I think youve been watching a few too many 'action movies'.

While they are not supposed to randomly run plates for private citizens. They also know what they can release and they wont do it if their agency has rules against it.

 

[Diggin It]

Turn on your scanner

The Sheriff around here use encrypted radios. Cant listen to them any more. Keeps the bad guys from knowing where the police are.

Or MDTs (Mobile Data Terminals). Lots of that stuff is never sent by voice. It's sent from the dispatch computer system to the cars' computer systems. Either that, or they'll verbally send the plate and the officer will run it from the car.

You can still probably listen on ...

Not if it's encrypted. The only way you'll hear any thing is if the agency provides an open feed (which some do). Those that do have the ability to lock it out at will.

 

[aczlan]

Not if it's encrypted. The only way you'll hear any thing is if the agency provides an open feed (which some do). Those that do have the ability to lock it out at will.

True, but most do not, you can pickup the audio from most departments in the US with the possibilty of their special ops channels.

Aaron Z

 

[Industrial Toys]

My luck. Our Rural Police force is one of the few that use Encrypted Motorola Turbo? radios. Having said that, many cops use their cell phones for sensitive stuff anyway. You could monitor the input of their repeater for signal strength and get an alert if a vehicle made a transmission close to you. If you were of the particularly paranoid type, lol

Friend and customer cop used to get me license information but that ended a long time ago. All searches are logged and accounted for I guess.

 

[stuckmotor]

The reason I posed the title question in the original post is that my brother, had seen a truck that he didn't recognize on the property. We didn't want to call law enforcement out because they usually want us to press charges if they catch some body.

I just talked to my brother and he found out that his best friend was using his son's truck and that's why my brother didn't recognize it. This kind of thing has happened before.

The friend helps us look after the place and once checked to see what a stranger was doing in the pasture. That stranger was me.

 

[user.69169]

Wait till 800 mhz wid interoperable fully rolled out.
Between dat and MDT you gonna know nuttin.

Cops already usin Trackphone throwdowns very well.

 

[Industrial Toys]

AND don't forget the VACINE! 5G can't do it's work without the VACINE. lol