He didn't actually replicate an $86M project. The Victoria police signed a contract with Motorola for $17.3M in October of 2018 with Motorola part of which includes their ANPR system. It is a 5 year contract that will place cameras in 220 cars. The cameras will also record high quality video and audio. Among other things the contract includes 5 years of managed services regarding the operating of the ANPR and video/audio management system. A proper revised title for the article would be "I replicated an unknown fraction of a $17.3M project in 57 lines of code"