GoKawiilMissouri Gov. Kehoe orders new privacy rules for Flock license plate cameras
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed an executive order requiring state agencies and state-funded police departments to limit how automated license plate readers, including Flock Safety systems, collect and store data. The order mandates deletion of most vehicle data within 30 days, bans selling or commercializing the data, restricts its use to criminal justice and lifesaving purposes, and forbids pairing the readers with facial recognition AI.
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License plate readers have expanded rapidly across the U.S. with little regulation, letting police and private vendors amass detailed records of people's movements over time. Kehoe's order signals growing bipartisan unease about surveillance overreach and could pressure other states to impose similar limits on data retention and vendor practices, even as it stops short of binding legislation.
- Executive order requires deletion of most license plate data within 30 days
- Vendors are barred from selling or sharing Missouri-generated location data
- Combining facial recognition AI with license plate readers is now prohibited
Source: stlpr.org — St. Louis Public Radio, 2026-09-17
Published there as: “Missouri governor orders guardrails on Flock cameras and ALPRs”
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