NEW AT 10: The vehicle used in the Dallas hair salon shooting had a type of Texas temporary paper license plate that can make it more difficult for police to track down. ScottNBC5
The TxDMV told NBC5 that the small Dallas County dealership that issued the tag had its dealer license revoked in April for violations of TxDMV rules, although the department would not say what specific rules were broken.
Vehicle specific tags are registered to a dealership and not to a person. So, if the vehicle is involved in a crime, police would first have to contact the dealer to find out who is driving the car, which can slow down an investigation. But in this case, Dallas police appear to have made a major break in the case thanks to some high-tech policing.
According to a police affidavit, investigators were able to use data collected by license plate readers which had previously captured images of the paper tag on Smith’s car parked multiple times at an address in Dallas. Officers were then able to go to that address and locate the car.are causing major headaches for police investigating crimes across the state because they can often make it harder to identify the owner of a car.
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