To even begin to answer your question, you'd need to know what the project included besides the software that OpenALPR could theoretically replace. Like how muc

To even begin to answer your question, you'd need to know what the project included besides the software that OpenALPR could theoretically replace. Like how much hardware has it bought? How much of that money went to paying police officers for time spent developing requirements, testing the prototypes, and learning the eventual system? How much of it went to the research needed to develop this system some five years before openALPR was available? How much went to paying the software developers a normal first world wage and benefits for five+ years?