[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 17, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1436-E1437]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 16, 2009

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the 
Republican Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the 
following information regarding earmarks I received as part of the FY 
2010 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2010.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Joe Wilson
  Bill Number: H.R. 2487--the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: COPS, Law Enforcement Technology
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of West Columbia
  Address of Requesting Entity: 200 North 12th Street, West Columbia, 
SC 29171
  Description of Request: I have secured $350,000 for the West Columbia 
Police Department in West Columbia, South Carolina. A relatively new 
technology, Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR), would assist 
the West Columbia Police Department in identifying offenders in real 
time, without waiting for information from the dispatcher. The ALPR 
technology allows vehicle license plates to be automatically scanned 
(up to 1,500 per minute) as officers patrol the city. The technology 
uses infrared scanning devices mounted on each patrol car, which 
recognize license plate numbers and compares them against multiple 
databases including wanted files, missing person files, AMBER alerts, 
terrorist watch lists, and gang databases. The technology then 
transmits data about the vehicle and the owner to the officers in the 
patrol vehicles, alerting them when a stop needs to be made. Using the 
ALPR technology, law enforcement officers can patrol with the benefit 
of getting data in real time, so they can interdict immediately. I 
certify that neither I nor my spouse has any financial interest in this 
project.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Joe Wilson
  Bill Number: H.R. 2487--the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: COPS, Law Enforcement Technology
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: County of Orangeburg
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1520 Ellis Avenue Ext, Orangeburg, SC 
29115
  Description of Request: I have secured $500,000 for the County of 
Orangeburg, South Carolina to expand and improve the Law Enforcement 
Automated Data Repository system (LEADR). LEADR creates a bottoms-up 
approach using open source software. Today, during routine police 
activities, an officer can search on partial license tags, names and 
addresses to rapidly correlate past contacts. The system shows probable 
matches with red and yellow alerts indicating additional caution is 
needed. All of the data in the system is derived from local and state 
law enforcement as well as local, state and occasionally federal 
government records. This funding will expand the capacity of the system 
and allow for mapping and location awareness so law enforcement can 
coordinate activities and have a graphical and pictorial representation 
of patterns and activities. It will also allow for the continued 
expansion of the system to additional states, making LEADR an even more 
powerful tool for law enforcement. I certify that neither I nor my 
spouse has any financial interest in this project.

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