Ala. Admin. Code r. 265-X-6-.02

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 265-X-6-.02 - Definitions

(1)Capturing Agency. The law enforcement agency that operates an LPR and generates LPR data under its control.

(2)Criminal Justice Agency. A state, county, or municipal public agency that performs substantial activities or plans for activities relating to the identification, apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, or rehabilitation of civil, traffic, and criminal offenders.

(3)Criminal Justice or Public Safety Purpose. Legal actions by criminal justice agencies related to criminal investigations or protecting the public from criminal or natural threats.

(4)Law Enforcement Agency. State, county and municipal public agencies within Alabama charged with the enforcement of any laws and the officers or employees of which have power to make arrests.

(5)License plate recognition system (LPR). A system of one or more mobile or fixed high-speed cameras which combined with computer algorithms, convert images of license plates into computer-readable data. All information, including but not limited to photos, coordinates, date, and time, is considered part of the LPR.

(6)LPR data. Data captured by or derived through an LPR including, but not limited to, global positioning device coordinates, date and time, photograph, license plate number. [get Nlets schema]

(7)Personal identifying information (PII). Information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual's identity, either alone or when combined with other personal or identifying information that is linked or linkable to a specific individual. PII includes names, gender, race, date of birth, photographs, addresses, social security numbers, driver's license numbers, or biometric data.

(8)State LPR Registry. A central repository maintained by the ALEA CJIS Division containing LPR data collected for a criminal justice or public safety purpose from capturing agencies.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 265-X-6-.02

Adopted by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XL, Issue No. 04, January 31, 2022, eff. 3/17/2022.

Author: Maury Mitchell

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 41-9-620.