Overview
Iowa SF 2284 establishes statewide guardrails on how local law enforcement agencies deploy automated license plate readers (ALPR) and traffic camera systems, specifically targeting third-party camera vendors.
Key Provisions
- Facial Recognition Ban: Expressly prohibits law enforcement from pairing ALPR license plate feeds with facial recognition or AI-based driver identity profiling.
- Local Voter Oversight: Requires city councils or county boards to pass explicit local public ordinances before signing contracts with camera vendors like Flock Safety.
- 30-Day Data Deletion: Requires all non-investigative plate scans to be deleted after 30 days.
- Mandatory Search Logging: Mandates that police log specific investigative justifications for every manual search in the system.