
A new mobile phone app rewards tattling with money. SpotSquad allows users to report illegally parked cars and receive a cut of the fine paid as a reward. The app works by taking a photo of the car and using optical character recognition to read and record the license plate number. The app also automatically uses GPS to tag the location where the photo was taken, and the user then chooses the type of infraction they observed from a list. The app then sends the infraction information to the operator of the lot or local law enforcement if it's on public property.












