Sheriff's office shows ALPR use data, stresses 30-day retention and oversight

Aug 11, 2026

The sheriff's office presented a 30-day "insights" snapshot of automatic license-plate reader (ALPR/Flock) activity showing roughly 2.4 million plate reads and 615 searches for July 12—Aug 9, and said data retention is 30 days, shared with thousands of agencies and subject to NCIC/TBI oversight; the presentation aimed to address social-media concerns about misuse.

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At the Aug. 10 workshop, the sheriff's office presented a 30-day data snapshot for its ALPR ("Flock") network and answered commissioners' questions about capability, retention and misuse.

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