Police license plate reader ordinance
An ordinance amending Chapter 2.10 to govern the Police Department's automatic license plate readers, covering use, access, retention, sharing, training, security and auditing. The September 15, 2026 hearing was postponed to a date to be determined.
Tabled
- Type
- Code change
- Location
- Citywide
- Applicant
- Salt Lake City
- City Council: Police license plate reader ordinance hearing postponed
- City Council: Date set for hearing on police license plate reader ordinance
- City Council work session: Automated license plate reader ordinance
In brief
Police license plate reader ordinance appears on 3 recorded agendas, from the City Council work session meeting of July 21, 2026 to the City Council meeting of September 15, 2026.
On record, it was approved once and continued once.
The most recent decision was continued at the City Council meeting of September 15, 2026.
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Police license plate reader ordinance
- Council action
Approved: Date set for hearing on police license plate reader ordinance · Approved minutes Record → · Aug. 18, 2026
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Every hearing and vote
September 15, 2026 · City Council
Police license plate reader ordinance hearing postponed
Continued
The hearing on an ordinance regulating the Police Department's automatic license plate reader system (use, access, retention, sharing, training, security and auditing) was rescheduled to a date to be determined pending updated amendments. The Council will set a new hearing date with notice. During general comment several speakers opposed license plate readers.
August 18, 2026 · City Council
Date set for hearing on police license plate reader ordinance
Approved · 7-0
On consent, the Council set September 15, 2026 at 7 p.m. for a hearing on an ordinance amending Chapter 2.10 of city code to regulate the Police Department's use of its Automatic License Plate Reader system, covering use, access, retention, sharing, training, security and auditing.
July 21, 2026 · City Council work session
Automated license plate reader ordinance
Discussed
Michael Sanders and Hannah Vickery presented an ordinance placing ALPR rules in the body-worn camera chapter of city code, to be renamed Technology Use. It covers authorized and prohibited uses, data sharing with outside agencies only through memoranda of understanding, training, audits, reporting and revocation of access, and limits Police Department use to criminal investigations, including by the Real Time Crime Center. Members and Chief Brian Redd discussed training scope, access for state, county and federal agencies, accountability for misuse, query tracking, safeguards for emergencies, breach reporting, and a possible umbrella privacy ordinance covering drones and other technologies.