United States, Nationwide
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Licence plate readers (three inventory entries)
OperationalOfficial publicationPAI-49E010FC
- Body
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Country
- United States
- Area
- Nationwide
- Technology
- Licence plate readers (three inventory entries)
- Supplier
- Not stated in the source
- Status
- Operational
In routine use by the named body, on the evidence of a public source. - Stage
- In use now
- Since
- Not known
- Legal basis
- Not stated in the source
- Oversight
- Not stated in the source
- Evidence
- Official publication
Police force, government department or public body publication - Source
- Office of Management and Budget, 2025 federal AI use case inventory (DOJ-0124, DOJ-0130, DOJ-0131)
- Last checked
- Record code
PAI-49E010FC
Notes
The Justice Department's 2025 AI use case inventory (entries DOJ-0124, DOJ-0130 and DOJ-0131, as consolidated by the Office of Management and Budget) lists three FBI uses titled 'License Plate Reader 1', 'License Plate Reader 2' and 'License Plate Reader 3', all deployed with an operational date of January 2024 and classed as high-impact. Each says licence plate reader technology helps locate vehicles associated with persons of interest, with video as the output, and gives the vendor only as 'AI Service Provider'. The three entries are worded identically and do not say how they differ.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Licence plate readers (three inventory entries) elsewhere in United States
See them in the tracker| Deployment | Country | Supplier | Since | Status | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Police DepartmentANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) | United StatesCalifornia | Axon | 2026 | Trial | |
| US Customs and Border ProtectionPredictive Intelligence Program: licence plate reader networks with a travel-pattern algorithm | United StatesBorder Patrol: southwest and northern borders and interior highways | — | — | Operational | |
| US Immigration and Customs EnforcementLicence plate reader data: commercial database queries and AI plate capture and analysis | United StatesNationwide (Enforcement and Removal Operations and Homeland Security Investigations) | Motorola Solutions (per the DHS inventory); West Publishing (Thomson Reuters) for commercial plate data, per Biometric Update | — | Operational | |
| US Customs and Border ProtectionLand Border Integration: licence plate and occupant face recognition at land ports (Rekor) | United StatesLand ports of entry | Rekor | 2021 | Operational | |
| US Customs and Border ProtectionAirship Outpost identification of conveyances | United StatesNationwide | Airship | 2023 | Operational | |
| Drug Enforcement AdministrationLicence plate readers (DEASIL programme and state, federal and commercial partner data) | United StatesNationwide | — | — | Operational | |
| Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ExplosivesAccess to ELSAG licence plate readers run by HIDTA partners | United StatesNationwide | Leonardo US Cyber and Security Solutions LLC | — | Operational | |
| Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ExplosivesThomson Reuters Vigilant Vehicle Manager | United StatesNationwide | Motorola | — | Operational | |
| Criminal Division, US Department of JusticeThomson Reuters CLEAR licence plate recognition | United StatesNationwide | Thomson Reuters | — | Operational | |
| US Department of Justice Office of the Inspector GeneralAccess to the Nlets Nationwide Licence Plate Reader Pointer Index | United StatesNationwide | Thomson Reuters | — | Operational |