The Philadelphia Police admitted that a surveillance vehicle patrolled the streets as disguised as a Google Street View car.
This is an SUV he brought to its roof two cameras with license plate recognition (ALPR), capable of reading thousands of numbers per minute.
The vehicle was obviously brought to the right and left of the Google Maps logos, in a somewhat simplistic attempt to disguise as part of Street View's fleet, used to collect images on the road to use the mapping service.
At first sight, seeing a vehicle with two cameras on its roof and Google's logos, one could easily assume that it was indeed a vehicle of Google Street View. But for those familiar with the design of Google's mapping cars, they know that these are almost entirely covered in signalthe company's and have a camera system much larger and placed much higher than the ceiling.
The result of all this was that the Philadelphia police's counterfeit vehicle was instantly perceived as fake. The police officer after the provoked challenge admitted that he was in their service, that no competent department had approved the placement of the logos on the vehicle, and that he ordered an immediate removal of the stickers.
Goggle spokesman Susan Cadrecha has confirmed that this vehicle is not one of their own and said the company is investigating the unauthorized use of its logo and the company's legal rights.
