Dahua

🇨🇳 China — 21 mapped Canadian police-layer cameras

The PRC vendor banned from US federal procurement (NDAA §889) and cut off from new FCC equipment authorizations in 2022 — still sold freely in Canada.

The company

Publicly traded in Shenzhen; a partially state-owned PRC surveillance giant. Added to the US Entity List in 2019 over Xinjiang surveillance; banned from US federal procurement under NDAA §889; FCC halted new equipment authorizations in 2022. No equivalent Canadian restriction exists. 21 mapped Canadian police-layer cameras.

The hardware — model by model

ITC415 (DHI-ITC415-PW6M-IZ-BH)

Fixed access ANPR bullet — parking, gates, community roads

Radios: None — Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 only, plus RS-485/RS-232 and alarm I/O for barrier control. No FCC ID exists (unintentional radiator)
Imaging: 4MP (2688×1520) 1/1.8" CMOS; 2.7–12mm motorized varifocal; 6 adjustable 850nm IR illuminators (12m); capture 3–6m at up to 30 km/h. Datasheet: "supports recognizing... features of driver and front-seat passenger"
Power: PoE+ / 12VDC / 24VAC, under 20W; IP67
Notes: Their ALPR camera's own spec sheet claims recognition of the people in the front seat.

Sources: Dahua ITC415 datasheet (PDF — incl. driver/passenger claim)

ITC215

Fixed access ANPR (2MP sibling)

Radios: None — wired PoE+ only
Imaging: 2MP, 3.2–10.5mm motorized, built-in IR ~12m, reads 3–8m at up to 30 km/h
Power: PoE+ or 12VDC

Sources: Dahua ITC215 datasheet (PDF)

Certification record: Banned from US federal procurement under NDAA §889 (2018); added to the US Entity List (2019) over Xinjiang surveillance; FCC halted new equipment authorizations (2022). No equivalent Canadian restriction exists. Verify: FY2019 NDAA (H.R.5515, §889) · FCC order halting authorizations (Nov 2022)

⚠ Equipment the US government won't allow on its own networks is scanning plates for Canadian institutions. Sources: FY2019 NDAA (H.R.5515, §889) · FCC order (Nov 2022)

Every specification above traces to a certification filing, teardown, carrier device listing, or the vendor's own datasheet — the full paper trail with links lives in the open research base.