{"id":170113,"date":"2026-08-16T16:25:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T16:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/170113\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T16:25:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T16:25:05","slug":"montreal-police-confirm-use-of-licence-plate-camera-in-targeted-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/170113\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal police confirm use of licence-plate camera in targeted investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">MONTREAL \u2014 Montreal police confirm the use of a Cloudrunner automated licence-plate recognition camera as part of targeted investigative work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The technology can automatically record licence plates and vehicle characteristics as cars pass the camera, allowing investigators to search the information later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Montreal police spokesperson Marc-Antoine B\u00e9langer says one camera was removed to protect ongoing investigative strategies, and that additional cameras could be deployed depending on investigative needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">B\u00e9langer declined to disclose the camera&#8217;s location, citing the need to protect police investigative techniques.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police say access to images captured by the camera is limited to investigators working on the case in which it is being used.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">B\u00e9langer says the Cloudrunner camera was obtained through a rental agreement and is intended for temporary use in targeted investigations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">B\u00e9langer says the camera is separate from Montreal police&#8217;s network of 46 urban security cameras, which have been in place across the city for years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police say they have access to those 46 cameras at all times, while the Cloudrunner camera is deployed temporarily for specific investigations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 16, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8212; with The Associated Press files<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONTREAL \u2014 Montreal police confirm the use of a Cloudrunner automated licence-plate recognition camera as part of targeted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[18315,54448,50,23388,989],"class_list":["post-170113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-camera","tag-investigative-techniques","tag-montreal","tag-montreal-police","tag-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}