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  "description": "Flock Safety’s Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPR) are operational in 49 states, including South Dakota.",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-12T10:00:24.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "South Portland is considering adding another Flock camera. What are these?",
    "AI Is Watching Your Every Move on the Road. These State Laws Are Pushing Back",
    "Minnehaha County to add new cameras to catch stolen vehicles",
    "Sioux Falls Transparency Portal",
    "Automatic License Plate Readers",
    "South Dakota News Watch",
    "Gigafact",
    "on the tipline",
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  "textContent": "## No.\n\nFlock Safety’s Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPR) are operational in 49 states, including South Dakota, but the Mount Rushmore State has no laws on the books about surveillance cameras and privacy.\n\nSeveral states do, however. Maine law restricts police use of traffic surveillance cameras for enforcement purposes and places strict limits on government use of facial recognition technology.\n\nAccording to CNET, Florida and New Hampshire have laws limiting the ability of ALPR systems to record or share certain personal information\n\nFlock cameras capture images that law enforcement uses to compare plate numbers against plates of stolen cars or cars driven by people with charges.\n\nThe Sioux Falls Police Department and the Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office both use Flock cameras, and so does Madison.\n\nAccording to the Sioux Falls PD Flock Transparency Portal, license plates and vehicles are detected, but there is no facial recognition or identification of people, gender or race.\n\n _This fact brief responds to a reader question._\n\n## Sources\n\nPortland (Maine) Press Herald, South Portland is considering adding another Flock camera. What are these?\n\nCNET, AI Is Watching Your Every Move on the Road. These State Laws Are Pushing Back\n\nDakota News Now, Minnehaha County to add new cameras to catch stolen vehicles\n\nFlock, Sioux Falls Transparency Portal\n\nNational Conference of State Legislatures, Automatic License Plate Readers\n\n* * *\n\nSouth Dakota News Watch partners with Gigafact to publish fact briefs that refute or confirm a claim with supporting information and additional evidence and context. Send questions or feedback to _news@sdnewswatch.org_. Submit a question for us to answer on the tipline.\n\nThis newsletter and all our stories are free because we believe that ****essential, fact-based information should be available to everyone**** , not just those who can pay for it. If you can afford it, ****please consider joining others and becoming a supporter****. Thank you.\n\n\n                            Donate\n                        \n\nShare your thoughts on this story\n\n_**South Dakota News Watch** is an independent nonprofit. Read, donate and subscribe for free at _sdnewswatch.org_.**Contact freelance reporter Michael Klinski:** michael.klinski@sdnewswatch.org._",
  "title": "Fact brief: Does SD have any laws about Automatic License Plate Readers?",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-14T22:29:33.622Z"
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