More license plate-reading cameras to monitor Encinitas entrance points

License plate-reading cameras have been so successful at crime-stopping this past year in Encinitas that the city is going to add 17 more of them. These solar-powered, high-speed, computer-controlled cameras are a “relatively low-cost solution” to fighting crime at a time when hiring new deputies can be challenging and costly, county Sheriff’s Department Capt. Chris Lawrence told the Encinitas City Council as he introduced the funding request Wednesday.

The new cameras will be placed at the intersections of: Manchester Avenue and Via PocoManchester Avenue and Mackinnon Ranch RoadEncinitas Boulevard and Rancho Santa Fe RoadNorth Coast Highway 101 and La Costa AvenueBirmingham Drive and Interstate 5Santa Fe Drive and Interstate 5Leucadia Boulevard and Interstate 5Leucadia Boulevard and Hymettus AvenueLa Costa Avenue and Highway 101Piraeus Street and Normandy RoadLeucadia Boulevard and North El Camino RealThe cameras continuously take photographs...

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