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(a) 1 Develop, maintain and disseminate a minimum standards policy governing the use of automatic license plate reader systemsAutomatic license plate reader system"automatic license plate reader system" or "ALPR system" shall mean a system of one or more mobile or fixed high-speed cameras used in combination with computer algorithms to convert images of license plates into computer-readable data.Exec. Law § 840(8)(a). The minimum standards policy shall include, but not be limited to, provisions on permissible uses of the automatic license plate reader technology, data sharing and dissemination, prohibited uses, record retention and management, and training. For purposes of this section, "automatic license plate reader systemAutomatic license plate reader system"automatic license plate reader system" or "ALPR system" shall mean a system of one or more mobile or fixed high-speed cameras used in combination with computer algorithms to convert images of license plates into computer-readable data.Exec. Law § 840(8)(a)" or "ALPR system" shall mean a system of one or more mobile or fixed high-speed cameras used in combination with computer algorithms to convert images of license plates into computer-readable data.
(b) 2 Recommend to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly, rules and regulations with respect to the establishment and implementation on an ongoing basis of a training program for all current and new police officers regarding the policies and procedures established pursuant to this subdivision, along with recommendations for periodic retraining of police officers.
This section expands the duties of the Municipal Police Training Council by adding a new subdivision 8 to Executive Law § 840. The Council must develop, maintain, and disseminate a minimum standards policy governing law enforcement use of automatic license plate reader systems. The required policy must address permissible uses, data sharing and dissemination, prohibited uses, record retention and management, and training. The section also defines ALPR system as one or more mobile or fixed high-speed cameras used with computer algorithms to convert license plate images into computer-readable data.
Separately, the Council must recommend rules and regulations to the Governor, the Temporary President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the Assembly for establishing a training program for all current and new police officers on ALPR policies and procedures, along with recommendations for periodic retraining.
3 All state and local enforcement agencies shall conspicuously post the minimum standards for the use of automatic license plate reader systemsAutomatic license plate reader system"automatic license plate reader system" or "ALPR system" shall mean a system of one or more mobile or fixed high-speed cameras used in combination with computer algorithms to convert images of license plates into computer-readable data.Exec. Law § 840(8)(a) policy, as promulgated under section eight hundred forty of this article on its website, or if such law enforcement agency does not maintain a website, in its main office. Such policy shall be made available to the public upon request.
This new section requires all state and local law enforcement agencies to conspicuously post the ALPR minimum standards policy (developed by the Municipal Police Training Council under § 840(8)) on their websites. Agencies that do not maintain a website must post the policy in their main office. The policy must also be made available to the public upon request. This is a transparency and public disclosure obligation directed at law enforcement agencies rather than at AI developers or deployers.
This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
The act takes effect one year after it becomes law. Rulemaking authority is granted immediately upon enactment so that any rules or regulations necessary for implementation may be prepared and completed before the effective date.