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The NP Tracker project, provided and maintained by Number Plate Systems (NPS), is a South African technology project focused on making vehicle-related lookout information easier to retrieve and use within community safety and security environments. + NP Tracker processes vehicle-related information from public-domain sources and participating channels, identifies relevant registration numbers, and makes matching lookout information available through supported bots, applications and integrations.

The project forms part of a broader NPS ecosystem that includes vehicle intelligence, cloud-based vehicle monitoring, visitor management, patrol operations, evidence capture, communications and specialised community-safety projects.

The purpose of these wiki pages is to help users understand the NP Tracker projects, learn how the available platforms operate, and understand how the different systems can be used within appropriate community, security and operational workflows.

Important: Information returned through NP Tracker may originate from community-generated lookout reports and should be treated as intelligence rather than proof of criminal activity. Users remain responsible for evaluating the information and following the appropriate legal, security and operational procedures.

NP Tracker Ecosystem

The NPS ecosystem consists of a number of independent but related projects. Some systems provide vehicle intelligence, while others address visitor management, patrol operations, evidence collection, communications or specialised reporting requirements.

Core Platforms

NP Tracker

NP Tracker is a vehicle lookout and lookup system intended to make vehicle-related community intelligence easier to retrieve.

Vehicle registration numbers appearing in supported reports and participating information sources can be processed and associated with relevant lookout information. Users can then search for a known registration number through supported interfaces such as bots, applications or integrations.

A simplified NP Tracker workflow is:

NP Tracker does not replace official law-enforcement databases, legal processes or independent verification.

Visit the NP Tracker website

NPS-CLOUD

NPS-CLOUD provides browser-based tools for managing supported vehicle and operational information.

Published NPS-CLOUD functionality includes:

• Browser-based access for authorised users
• Vehicle activity and monitoring workflows
• Private registration hotlists
• Scanner and vehicle records
• Alerts and reports
• NP Tracker integration within supported vehicle workflows
• ANPR/LPR-related management functions

NPS-CLOUD can therefore act as a management layer for organisations using vehicle-monitoring and related NPS services.

Visit NPS-CLOUD

AdmitIT

AdmitIT is the replacement for NPS-CLOUD and current NPS visitor-management and entrance-control platform.

It provides Android and browser-based workflows for organisations that need to register visitors and create structured records relating to people, vehicles and destinations.

Published AdmitIT functionality includes:

• Visitor registration and management
• South African identity-document scanning
• Driver's-licence scanning
• Vehicle licence-disc capture
• Vehicle number-plate capture
• Face capture/detection
• Fingerprint capture
• Visitor-code verification
• Destination selection
• Destination notifications
• Access-decision records
• Operational audit trails

AdmitIT replaces the visitor/scanning role previously represented by older NPS-ACCESS and NPS Licence Disk Scanner project listings.

A typical entrance workflow can be represented as follows:

AdmitIT should be configured and used according to the organisation's own access-control policies and applicable legal requirements.

See the current NPS portfolio information at NP Tracker Solutions.

ProveIT

ProveIT is an NPS image-evidence platform designed to capture photographs together with supporting contextual information.

Rather than treating a photograph as an isolated image, ProveIT can associate published contextual information such as:

• Capture date and time
• Location information
• Device information
• Evidence-integrity information
• Structured storage and later access
• Controlled sharing or forwarding workflows

This can help create a clearer operational record for activities where documenting what was photographed, where it was photographed and when it was photographed is important.

Published example use cases include:

• Security and patrol activities
• Inspections
• Audits
• Projects
• Farming
• Logistics
• Claims-related evidence
• Field operations

A simplified ProveIT concept is:

ProveIT is intended to improve the context and traceability surrounding captured images. The existence of a ProveIT record does not by itself determine the legal significance of the underlying event.

See NP Tracker Solutions for the currently published ProveIT information.

PatrolIT

PatrolIT is an NPS patrol-management, tracking and communications platform.

It is designed to provide supervisors and field teams with operational visibility during patrol shifts.

Published PatrolIT functionality includes:

• Live location tracking
• Patrol shift management
• Push-to-talk communications
• Team chat
• Incident reporting
• Operational history
• Shift review and visibility

The platform is intended for environments where mobile personnel need to communicate, document incidents and maintain a record of patrol activity.

Potential operational environments listed by NPS include:

• Security operations
• Corporate facilities
• Industrial environments
• Residential environments
• Retail environments
• Campus environments

A typical PatrolIT workflow can be represented as:

PatrolIT provides an operational record and communications environment; organisational procedures determine how patrol information and incidents are handled.

See NP Tracker Solutions for the currently published PatrolIT information.

How the Platforms Relate

Although the platforms serve different purposes, they can be understood as separate parts of a wider operational ecosystem.

These systems should not be interpreted as automatically performing every step shown above. The diagram illustrates the different operational roles of the platforms rather than claiming that every installation or account integrates every product.

Manuals and Guides

We aim to provide user manuals and operational guides for the various projects. Documentation may develop as systems change, and community contributions can help improve these pages.

freeMIRROR

For the operation of www.freeMIRROR.co.za, see:

• Freemirror web
• FreeMIRROR user manual

These pages cover the website as well as available freeMIRROR BOT and application functionality.

NPS-CLOUD

For information about the NPS-CLOUD website and related functionality, see:

• NPS-CLOUD
• www.NPSCloud.co.za

NP Tracker

For general NP Tracker information and lookup guides, see:

• About the NP Tracker Projects
• www.NPTracker.co.za
• NP Tracker Guides

Applications and Programs

Over the years, NPS has developed a range of applications, bots, APIs and specialised systems.

Some projects are active while others have been retired, replaced or superseded. Retired projects are shown with strike-through formatting where applicable.

Bots and Messaging Applications

Telegram

• @NPTrackerBOT
• @freeMIRRORBOT
• @faceVaultBOT
• @GroupJoinerBOT
• @HotlistBOT
• @PartitionBOT
• @SpeedCopBOT
• @socialprintsBOT
• @NPSCloudBOT
• @NPS_CaptureBOT
• @VCR_ScannerBOT
• Own managed lookup bots
• Third party/custom bots

WhatsApp

• NP Tracker on Whatsapp

Twitter / X

• NP Tracker on Twitter

API Services

Developer documentation is available at:

NP Tracker API Documentation

Documented or historically listed API-related projects include:

• NPS-ANPR
• NPS-API
• NPS-CLONE
• NPS-DL
• NPS-DLNAM
• NPS-ID
• NPS-LIC
• NPS-SHARE
• NPS-VCR

API availability, authentication requirements and commercial conditions may differ between services. Refer to the current API documentation rather than relying exclusively on historical wiki pages.

Android Applications

The following applications have historically formed part of the NPS project catalogue.

Projects shown with strike-through formatting are retained here for historical/documentation purposes and should not be interpreted as current products.

• FreeMIRROR Android App
• NPS-ACCESS replaced by [1]
• NPS-CUSTOM replaced by [2]
• NPS-License Disk Scanner replaced by [3]
• NPS-SADL replaced by [4]
• NPS-TOPC

The visitor-management and entrance-scanning functions previously associated with NPS-ACCESS and the NPS Licence Disk Scanner are now represented by AdmitIT in the current published NPS portfolio.

NPS Projects

The broader NPS project catalogue includes community, communications, reporting, vehicle, risk-management and specialised technology projects.

• Open Source ANPR Project
• Cyber Chaperone - AI Travel Guardian
• Farm Attack Reporting Platform
• Find-The-Lost - Consolidated View of Missing Person Reports in South Africa
• freeMIRROR Communicate
• freeMIRROR Standard
• WhatsApp Keyword Notification
• The Needle - Risk Management Platform
• Secure and Controlled Vehicle Owner Lookup Platform
• Stock Theft Reporting and Owner Lookup Platform
• StreetTalker Communication Platform Monitor Suites
• AdmitIT - Visitor management and entrance-control platform
• ProveIT - Contextual and verifiable image-evidence platform
• PatrolIT - Patrol tracking, shift-management, communications and incident-reporting platform

Understanding NP Tracker Bots

A bot is a software application that automates interactions between a user and a service.

Within the NP Tracker environment, lookup bots allow users to submit supported information — commonly a vehicle registration number — and receive relevant information from the NP Tracker system without needing to manually navigate a separate database interface.

A basic lookup can be represented as:

Bots can improve the speed and accessibility of lookups, particularly on platforms users already use for communication.

The exact commands and features available depend on the specific bot or service.

Community and Group Bots

Some NPS bots have also been developed for use in participating groups or communities.

Depending on the bot, these tools may assist with functions such as:

• Detecting supported vehicle registration formats in messages
• Submitting vehicle-related lookout information
• Performing registration lookups
• Managing group-related workflows
• Delivering alerts or notifications
• Providing specialised project commands

Bot functionality differs between projects. Refer to the page for the individual bot before configuring it in a group.

Information Flow

At a high level, NP Tracker is intended to turn scattered vehicle-related lookout information into information that can be retrieved when a user needs to check a particular registration.

Responsible Use

Users should remember that intelligence systems support human decision-making; they do not replace it.

When working with NP Tracker or related systems:

• Treat community lookout information as information requiring assessment.
• Consider the date, source, location and context of a report.
• Do not assume that a lookout establishes criminal conduct.
• Do not confront individuals solely because a registration produces a lookup result.
• Follow applicable organisational procedures.
• Contact the appropriate security service or authorities where circumstances require it.
• Handle personal and operational information responsibly.
• Use visitor, location, identity, biometric and evidence information only through authorised workflows.

External Resources

• NP Tracker
• NP Tracker Solutions
• NP Tracker Guides
• NPS-CLOUD
• NPS Project Portfolio
• NP Tracker API Documentation
• freeMIRROR

See Also

• NPS
• About NP Tracker Projects
• NPS-CLOUD
• FreeMIRROR user manual
• Freemirror web
• NPS-ANPR
• NPS-API
• NPS-VCR
• TOPC-MCD