The Security Industry Association (SIA) issued a set of policy recommendations calling for stronger privacy safeguards, defined data-retention limits, and clearer misuse-accountability rules for automated license plate reader (ALPR) systems, SecurityInfoWatch reported.
The recommendations arrive amid reporting, cited by SIW via Ars Technica and Secure Justice data, that 214 cities and counties have dropped Flock Safety contracts since 2021, including 93 in August 2026 alone. Flock has separately cut its default data-retention period from 30 to 7 days and added mandatory multi-factor authentication and misuse-detection auditing.
Why it matters: ALPR technology has become one of the most contested categories in physical security, sitting at the intersection of law-enforcement utility and civil-liberties concern. SIA’s intervention signals that the industry’s own trade body sees a need for self-regulation ahead of likely state and municipal legislation.
Source: SecurityInfoWatch.com, September 9, 2026.
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