# ALPR Alert Verification The independent checks required before treating an automated plate-reader match as grounds for enforcement action. ## How it appears in the corpus ASP's November 28, 2023 policy and its rules effective July 1, 2024 require an officer, before an alert-based stop, to visually verify the physical plate characters and issuing state, confirm plate status through the communications center or ACIC/NCIC, and make reasonable efforts to compare occupants with a wanted-person description (primary public record, [ASP policy LE SEC 28](../../web%20archive/2026-07-20/arkleg.state.ar.us/asp-policy-le-sec-28.md); [ASP LPR rules](../../web%20archive/2026-07-20/arkleg.state.ar.us/asp-license-plate-reader-rules.md)). The official Code of Arkansas Rules page confirms that Part 24 was promulgated with a July 1, 2024 effective date, while cautioning that the weekly database may not reflect recent rulemaking. Its fetched HTML exposes codification notes rather than the full substantive text, so the filed rule and policy above remain the direct anchors for the verification requirements (primary public record, [Code of Arkansas Rules, Part 24](../../web%20archive/2026-07-20/codeofarrules.arkansas.gov/12-car-part-24-license-plate-readers.md)). ARDOT/AHP's produced 12 CAR 150 rulemaking packet contains parallel verification language, but it is a **proposed/draft branch**, not proof of a final merged AHP rule ([[12 CAR 150 License Plate Reader Rules]], pp. 8-9; [[T008 - Post-Comment LPR Rule Version Divergence]]; primary public record, [proposed AHP rules dated December 20, 2024](../../web%20archive/2026-07-20/media.ark.org/12-car-150-proposed-license-plate-reader-rules-2024-12-20.md)). The Sherwood stop shows why the first check is independent of the second: querying the OCR-generated plate correctly returned a stolen record, but the physical plate differed by its final character ([[Sherwood Incident and CAD Records]], incident report p. 4). Verification is only one error layer. A correct plate read can still be paired with a stale hot-list status, while a wrong read can be caught before enforcement if the physical plate is independently checked. Program-level accuracy claims must therefore separate OCR, list freshness, human verification, occupant association, and outcome attribution; see [[ALPR Error Layers and Outcome Measurement]]. Sherwood adopted the same two-step distinction prospectively on March 24, 2026: “The officer must visually verify the license plate,” “must confirm the alert through ACIC/NCIC,” and may not use an unverified ALPR hit as the sole basis for a traffic stop ([[Sherwood ALPR Policy 11.08.00]], p. 3). The policy postdates the February 11 event and is not evidence of the rule then in force.