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Bundespolizei (German Federal Police)

Automated number plate recognition cameras

OperationalParliamentary recordPAI-55C2AD95

Body
Bundespolizei (German Federal Police)
Country
Germany
Area
Federal
Technology
Automated number plate recognition cameras
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
Parliamentary record
Hansard, committee evidence, written answers
Source
Deutscher Bundestag, Drucksache 21/3960 (2 February 2026)
Last checked
Record code
PAI-55C2AD95

Notes

The Federal Government's answer of 30 January 2026 to an AfD minor interpellation (Drucksache 21/3960, 2 February 2026) states that the Bundespolizei uses cameras for automated number plate recognition, alongside video surveillance cameras at railway stations and airports which are not AI-based. The answer gives no locations, numbers, vendor or start date, and says the Bundespolizei reports no other surveillance technologies in test or use. It also refers to the earlier intelligent video analysis test at Berlin Südkreuz station and says any live deployment would need a specific legal basis that meets the EU AI Act.

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