Awesome, that's pretty much what I thought.

Just for clarity though, does the commercial ANPR automatically provide data to police, or is that data only available upon a lawful request with a court order?

Also, the article mentions data being kept for a year. Is this a requirement for commercial ANPR?

I'll also add that requests to the public DVLA database are only lawful if they have actual need to request that information, eg to send a ticket for a breach in parking terms. They can't access the name and address linked to every plate that drives by the camera.