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FBI will pay vendors to help it track and search for vehicles nationwide.
Flock license plate reader and camera with solar panel in Pleasant Hill, California on April 16, 2026.
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FBI will pay vendors to help it track and search for vehicles nationwide.
Skip to content
FBI wish list
FBI will pay vendors to help it track and search for vehicles nationwide.
Flock license plate reader and camera with solar panel in Pleasant Hill, California on April 16, 2026.
Getty Images | Smith Collection/Gado

The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers

The FBI Wants ‘Near Real-Time’ Access to US License Plate Readers

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Only a couple vendors could likely fulfill what the FBI is after, namely Flock and Motorola.

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FBI director, Kash Patel, revealed agency had resumed purchasing private information en masse in possible constitutional violation

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