What: how the Overland Park Police Department uses automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and the safeguards around them.
Where it stands: presented to the Public Safety Committee on 2026-10-14 as an information item; no vote. Retention was cut to 30 days and the revised policy bars data sharing without a written agreement.
Next: an Axon transparency dashboard is expected in early 2027; Council action not yet known.
Details
In use since 2011. Eight Genetec fixed sites (37 cameras), a one-site Axon test, 110 Axon-equipped patrol cars, and shared access (not ownership) to private Flock cameras.
Fixed cameras cover about 0.052% of city roadways. Searches need a case or CAD number and a specific reason, are audited every 30 days, and alerts must be verified by a person. No facial recognition.
Police reported zero user-generated hot plates and no current data-sharing agreements; sharing with other metro agencies was removed pending formal agreements.
Members raised vendor criticism, independent audits (police say none possible), misreads, resident queries under the Kansas Open Records Act, expansion and transparency metrics.
Information item presented by Doreen Jokerst and police staff. Retention cut from one year to 30 days, written agreements required for sharing, annual training and 30-day audits. Members asked about independent audits, misreads, Flock, expansion and public metrics; no vote.