# North Little Rock Policy Directive 25-25 The two-page directive sets NLRPD's operating rules for fixed and mobile license-plate readers. Page 1 says it is effective December 7, 2021 and replaces the March 1, 2014 version; page 2 instead carries an effective date of December 3, 2021 (`PD 25-25 License Plate Reader.pdf`, pp. 1-2, headers "Effective: 12/07/2021" and "Effective: 12/03/2021"). The two copies in the production are byte-identical. ## Operations and verification - Only department-owned or department-provided systems may be used, and only trained members may operate them (`PD 25-25 License Plate Reader.pdf`, p. 1, §§ 1.1-1.2, "Only authorized LPR systems owned or provided by the Department will be used"). - On a hit, the operator must visually verify the displayed letters, numbers, state, and other available information before acting (`PD 25-25 License Plate Reader.pdf`, pp. 1-2, §§ 3.2-3.2.1, "visually verify the displayed information matches the subject license plate"). ## Retention, access, and sharing - Routine LPR data is kept no longer than 150 days on mobile readers, fixed readers, or the server and is then automatically purged (`PD 25-25 License Plate Reader.pdf`, p. 2, § 4.1.1, "maintained no longer than 150 days"). - A hit tied to enforcement, investigation, or prosecution is added to the case file and retained until no longer needed; investigation data not resulting in charges is destroyed at the investigation's conclusion, while criminal-action data is destroyed after that action ends (`PD 25-25 License Plate Reader.pdf`, p. 2, §§ 4.1.1.1-4.1.1.2). - Server access is limited to criminal-justice reasons and users authorized by the chief or designee who have credentials (`PD 25-25 License Plate Reader.pdf`, p. 2, § 4.3, "accessed for criminal justice reasons only"). - Department-captured LPR data may be shared with other law-enforcement agencies "if evidence of an offense is indicated" (`PD 25-25 License Plate Reader.pdf`, p. 2, § 4.4). ## Public reporting requirements The patrol commander or designee must compile a public report every six months and keep it in Patrol Administration for eighteen months. For every list comparison, the report must provide: 1. "The number of confirmed matches"; 2. "The number of matches that upon further investigation did not correlate to an alert"; and 3. "The number of matches that resulted in arrest and prosecution." (`PD 25-25 License Plate Reader.pdf`, p. 2, §§ 4.2-4.2.2.3.3.) The produced [[North Little Rock January-June 2026 ALPR Practice and Usage Report]] does not separately display the latter two fields. See [[T040 - NLRPD Required Outcome Categories vs Zero-Data Success Dashboard]]. ## People and orgs mentioned - [[Patrick Thessing]] — signed the directive as chief of police. - [[North Little Rock Police Department]] — adopting and implementing agency. - [[Arkansas Crime Information Center]], National Crime Information Center, and the FBI kidnapping/missing-person database — named examples within the directive's hot-list definition (`PD 25-25 License Plate Reader.pdf`, p. 1). ## Open questions / follow-ups - Which effective date controls: December 3 or December 7, 2021? - What did the replaced March 1, 2014 directive require? - Which reports currently remain in the policy's eighteen-month public-access window?