Starting next week, the City of Kitchener will be using a new tool to enforce school zone parking.

Officers will be scanning license plates using a License Plate Recognition (LPR) vehicle in school zones. This technology scans license plates for offences and is activated by the officer on arrival of school zone areas. The vehicle will automatically take pictures of offences, and any offence will be mailed to the registered owner of the vehicle later that day.

This technology has been used with success in municipalities such as Brampton and Toronto, and Kitchener hopes to have the same success they have had.

For more information on the City of Kitchener’s parking by-laws, please visit their website.