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Vendor pitches fixed ALPR system to Junction City; council emphasizes policy first
Summary
Axon presenters described a fixed automatic license‑plate recognition system for Junction City that would monitor key ingress points, alert police to NCIC‑flagged vehicles and permit invite‑only sharing with neighboring agencies. Council signaled it will require an LPR policy before any deployment.
Axon representatives gave the Junction City Council a high‑level demonstration of a fixed automatic license‑plate recognition (ALPR) system on Oct. 28, saying the product would be installed at several ingress and egress points and designed to alert the police department when a vehicle on a national or state hot‑list drives past a camera.
The vendor — identified in the meeting as Axon staff including John and Patrick Newton — described the proposal as a capital purchase that the city would own, not a subscription. “We don't do lease or subscription models,” an Axon representative said, and the company…
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