I see. Here you can tell a car that is parked in the *hood.* The owner stands the plate in the back window and never ever has one mounted on the front bumper. Apparently, stealing front plates is quite common in urban cities.
I’ve seen and heard about people with *cute* front plates being pulled over....just one more reason for the cops here to harass the serfs.
In California, they also have “Red Light” cameras, which photograph your car/front plate if you run the light.
Another $300.00 or so dollars, which is another reason the state requires a front plate.