United States, Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore Police Department
Axon licence plate readers, supplied by Axon
ProposedJournalismPAI-AA92BAB6
- Body
- Baltimore Police Department
- Country
- United States
- Area
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Technology
- Axon licence plate readers
- Supplier
- Axon
- Status
- Proposed
Planned by a named body: a procurement, approved budget, announced pilot or consultation. Not yet in use. - Stage
- On the horizon
- Since
- Not known
- Legal basis
- Not stated in the source
- Oversight
- Not stated in the source
- Evidence
- Journalism
Named reporting by a reputable outlet - Source
- Technical.ly, 9 September 2026
- Last checked
- Record code
PAI-AA92BAB6
Notes
Technical.ly reported on 9 September 2026 (updated 17 September) that public records show Baltimore Police acquired more than 200 Axon automated licence plate readers, fixed Outpost units and vehicle-mounted Fleet units, through the 10-year, $153 million no-bid Axon contract approved by the Board of Estimates in May 2026. The readers could expand the department's existing system of roughly 120 mobile and fixed units, which uses Leonardo's plate reader technology. The department has not begun operating the new cameras and has not said when or whether it will deploy them; it says it acquired them through the bundle rather than selecting them deliberately.
Other systems used by Baltimore Police Department
| Deployment | Country | Supplier | Since | Status | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Police DepartmentAxon body camera AI features (translation, transcription, summarisation, search) | United StatesBaltimore, Maryland | Axon | — | Proposed |
Axon licence plate readers 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 | |
| Federal Bureau of InvestigationLicence plate readers (three inventory entries) | United StatesNationwide | — | — | 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 | |
| North Carolina State Bureau of InvestigationLicence plate reader programme on state road rights-of-way | United StatesNorth Carolina | — | 2024 | Operational |