ALPR

Police departments throughout the County have seen an increase in crime.  The Brisbane Police Department (BPD) has, as well.  To that end, the Brisbane Police Department is considering adding an Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) program to the department as an additional tool to address this rise in crime. ALPRs would monitor vehicles entering and leaving the city, thereby assisting BPD in identifying suspect vehicles who may be coming in to our city to commit crime(s).

ALPRs capture and store digital images of license plates, and use character recognition to identify and store the plate’s characters.  The system creates a searchable database which includes the license plate, the date and time of when the image was collected, and the location the license plate image was taken.  The strategic placement of these ALPRs around the City of Brisbane would be a force multiplier for BPD.

A Virtual Community Engagement Meeting took place on Wednesday, June 29th at 6pm to discuss ALPR technology with interested community members.  See a recording of the meeting below:

The City Council will be viewing a similar presentation from staff at their meeting of Thursday, July 7, 2022 when they consider authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Flock Safety Group for the installation of Automated License Plate Readers within the City of Brisbane.  In the meantime, if you have any questions, please reach out to Chief Lisa Macias at (415) 508-2177 or lisamacias@brisbaneca.org and Commander Mario Garcia at (415) 508-2178 or mgarcia@brisbaneca.org.