License Plates

License Plate Scanners Coming To Dallas PD

The Dallas City Council has authorized the purchase and installation of an automated license plate recognition system. Dallas police will use the devices to read the license plates.

CBSDFW.COM–2013/01/09

People drive along the highway at the end of an evening rush hour. (credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

Plano Police Get More License Plate Scanners

Newly mounted cameras in Plano Police Department squad cars are actually scanners that automatically capture, record and research every car license plate that is passed.

2012/08/14

State General-Issue License Plate Gets New Look

It may seem like the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) is going from Technicolor back to back-and-white, but officials say they’re changing the look of the state license plate for good reason.

2012/07/16

Texas Board Rejects Confederate License Plates

A Texas board has decided the state won’t issue specialty Confederate license plates.

2011/11/10

Texas Board To Vote On Confederate License Plates

A Texas board was set to decide Thursday whether the state will issue specialty license plates featuring the Confederate battle flag, a plan Governor Rick Perry has said he opposes but will not block.

2011/11/10

Petition Offered Against Confederate Texas Plate

More than 22,000 people signed petitions against a proposed Confederate flag license plate for Texas.

2011/10/13

Fort Worth Councilwoman Driving With Misleading Plates

Fort Worth City Councilwoman Kathleen Hicks is seen by her supporters as a champion of economic development in her near-southeast side district, where financial needs are plenty. So why does she have a license plate on her late-model Porsche that suggests she is a state judge when she is not?

2011/05/25