By The Epoch Times | Created at 2026-06-22 17:31:43 | Updated at 2026-06-22 23:52:47
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San Francisco Police Department officers respond to crime in San Francisco on March 7, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) has terminated access to its automatic license plate reader (ALPR) database after an organization was found in an audit to have sent query requests on behalf of federal or out-of-state agencies, SFPD said in a June 17 press release.
During a routine audit in May, SFPD staff found 299 such searches over roughly a year, all initiated by the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC), an in-state law enforcement agency that was authorized to have access to SFPD’s ALPR database, according to the police.
