Source: https://www.mtjuliet-tn.gov/1561/Guardian-Shield-ALPR
Publisher: City of Mt. Juliet, TN
Relevant To: Rekor Systems (different ALPR vendor); public camera-location transparency model; skeptical read on “no personal data access” claims
Verification Status: Verified — City Claims Not Independently Verified
Notes: Confirmed via full-text fetch. Mt. Juliet, TN’s “Guardian Shield” ALPR program, powered by Rekor Systems — a DIFFERENT VENDOR than Flock Safety or Motorola, worth noting for BPA’s vendor-tracking taxonomy. Program claims: not enforcement-based, does not access personal/DMV data, alerts only on NCIC hotlist matches (wanted persons, missing persons, felony-involved vehicles, stolen plates/vehicles) entered by law enforcement agencies nationally. Explicitly states it “cannot nor will be used for anything traffic enforcement related” and is limited to specific serious crime categories (homicide, forcible rape, kidnapping, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, theft, dangerous drug offenses, wanted persons). Video/image retention: 30 days. City claims the system “does not access the Department of Safety’s license plate database, so there is no way to access personal data or determine who owns the vehicle” — this claim should be treated with appropriate skepticism per BPA’s verification standards, since similar vendor claims (e.g. Flock’s “no facial recognition” claims) have been contradicted elsewhere in this library by code-level evidence; no independent technical verification of Rekor’s actual data-access architecture is provided here. NOTABLE TRANSPARENCY PRACTICE: the page publicly lists all 24 active ALPR camera locations by street/intersection name — a level of location transparency not seen in most other ALPR policy pages cataloged in this library, and arguably a good-practice model for BPA to propose (contrast with Flock’s typical non-disclosure of exact camera locations, which necessitated the crowdsourced DeFlock mapping project). Also mentions “Agencies With Access Agreements” and “Successful Interceptions” as separate page sections (not fully captured in this fetch) worth a follow-up look, and that local neighborhoods/businesses can directly integrate with the program via Rekor.