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FBI Allocates $36 Million for Nationwide License-Plate Reader Data

5/19/2026

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The FBI launched a $36 million procurement to obtain nationwide automated license-plate-reader data.
Its Directorate of Intelligence requested ALPR data covering all U.S. states, territories and tribal areas.
The budget allocates $6 million per region for six geographic areas and permits awarding one or two vendors.
Potential vendors are Flock, which runs 80,000 cameras and has supplied data to ICE, and Motorola Solutions, which acquired Vigilant Solutions and runs an ALPR database.

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Story summary

The FBI launched a $36 million procurement to obtain nationwide automated license-plate-reader data.
Its Directorate of Intelligence requested ALPR data covering all U.S. states, territories and tribal areas.
The budget allocates $6 million per region for six geographic areas and permits awarding one or two vendors.
Potential vendors are Flock, which runs 80,000 cameras and has supplied data to ICE, and Motorola Solutions, which acquired Vigilant Solutions and runs an ALPR database.