The City Commission on Sept. 15 approved an RFP award and standard contract for automated license‑plate reader (LPR) equipment and services to Vetted Security Solutions LLC (RFP 25‑03‑02‑JC), authorizing a program police said will include 226 cameras on 156 poles to provide broad coverage across Sunrise.

Police presented the procurement as a tool for solving property crimes, hit‑and‑runs and other investigations that frequently move between jurisdictions. Chief Daniel j Ransom told commissioners the proposal would place “ample coverage throughout the entire city of Sunrise” and described LPRs as a force multiplier for investigations that too often depend on neighboring jurisdictions’ camera systems.

During discussion Commissioner Latoya Clark pressed staff on data retention and access. City staff and the chief said the vendor stores the raw plate data and that the typical retention on routine captures will be limited (the department described a 30‑day standard retention); access to data will be restricted to approved law‑enforcement purposes and requests will be documented and audited. City legal staff and police described policy safeguards — including human review of vendor‑flagged matches — and said the program will include controls to prevent unauthorized queries and preserve audit trails.

The contract was approved by roll call: motion by Commissioner Joseph A. Scudo, second by Deputy Mayor Neil Kirch; vote 5‑0.

What the commission asked for: several commissioners reiterated the need for firm written policies on data retention, third‑party access, public‑records handling and incident audit trails before vendors are able to provide wide access. The city attorney and police said the policy framework and vendor agreement will codify those protections.

Why it matters: commission members and police framed the program as an investigative tool to close cases more quickly and to reduce the need to rely on other jurisdictions’ systems, while emphasizing documented access controls and retention limits to protect privacy.

Implementation notes: the vendor‑operated portal will handle storage and searches; the city will define law‑enforcement use policies and audit procedures. Police indicated program specifics — poles, camera orientations and exact retention/processing rules — will be detailed in the vendor agreement and administrative policies returned to the commission.