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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Test of controversial license plate scanners on Ohio Turnpike complete. |
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By Karen Kasler - January 4, 2005 |
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The Ohio Highway Patrol says controversial new technology that scans license plates helped troopers recover more stolen cars on the Ohio Turnpike than the same time period in 2003. Lt. Rick Zwayer told Ohio Public Radio’s Karen Kasler says a four-month test of the Automatic Plate Recognition system is now complete. Zwayer says the state will have to evaluate the system to decide if it should be put into place permanently, but if it is, he says troopers don’t intend to use to it track speeding or other minor crimes. 64-thousand dollars of homeland security funds were used to buy scanners for the western and eastern entrances to the Turnpike, as well as a mobile scanner. |
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Karen Kasler reports (1:40) 
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