ALPR Program

Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive No. 2022-12 (“the Directive”) was issued to all New Jersey law enforcement chief executives and county prosecutors, updating the 2010 Directive on Regulating Use of Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) Technology. The Directive created the State ALPR Coordinator position that oversees NJ’s Statewide Networked ALPR Program (NJ SNAP).

The Directive also requires every law enforcement agency in the state to designate an Agency ALPR Coordinator. Under the Directive, every Agency ALPR Coordinator is required to perform an annual audit of their agency’s ALPR program and provide it to the County and State ALPR Coordinator. The Agency ALPR Coordinator shall certify the following:

• The agency has an ALPR policy in place;
• Only authorized users have accessed ALPR data;
• The date of each authorized user’s last ALPR training;
• That a random survey of ALPR accesses revealed no misuse; and
• A description of any known significant violations and citizen complaints and whether they have been forwarded to the County Prosecutor or Division of Criminal Justice (“DCJ”) Director.

In addition to setting minimum audit certification requirements for all Agency ALPR Coordinators, the Directive requires the State ALPR Coordinator to publish annually a report that lists agencies that have completed audits, and the number of significant violations and citizen complaints reported by each agency.

The audit for the 2023 reporting year is available here: 2023 NJ SNAP ALPR Audit Report.