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Police say ALPR now active on 23 patrol cars; three withheld for crash and training
Summary
Police reported the automatic license plate reader (ALPR) was activated on 23 patrol cars on June 18; three vehicles remain offline due to a crash, extended training, and untrained officers. Officials said four authorized searches produced no matches so far.
The ALPR oversight committee heard on July 28 that the city’s ALPR system was turned on across the patrol fleet on June 18, with 23 cars currently active and three kept offline for operational reasons. "As of June 18, we have turned on the rest of the fleet except for three cars," Justin, the police department representative, told the committee.
Justin said the three inactive cars include one out of service after a crash, one assigned to an officer on extended training and therefore not yet activated, and a third reserved because assigned officers had not completed training. He added that the department initially tested with a single vehicle before the wider rollout. The department also reported roughly 100,000 plate reads per week across the active cars.
Committee members pressed for details about searches and outcomes. Justin said the department logged five search requests as of the prior Friday; four were authorized and one was denied by command. "We have done four searches. No results as a result of any of those searches," he said. The presentation included an audit report the department can run showing who performed searches and why.
The chief and committee said the rollout will proceed cautiously and emphasized training and oversight as activation continues. The meeting moved next to policy and legal discussion about retention and warrant issues.
