SoundThinking Advances Responsible License Plate Recognition with New PlateRanger Capabilities
Key Highlights
- ➤SoundThinking (SSTI) announced new PlateRanger evidence integrity, outcomes and auditing capabilities
- ➤PlateRanger supports agency-defined retention, deleting routine reads after two days and retaining qualifying data 90 days or longer
- ➤GoSecure will cryptographically authenticate video at capture for PlateRanger Edge Max and Axis Agent-powered cameras
- ➤PlateRanger Outcomes now links LPR alerts to arrests, recovered vehicles and assisted cases
- ➤Rekor received a U.S. patent in March 2026 supporting PlateRanger’s differentiated data-retention technology
Expert Statements
Brian McNerney, Director of Public Safety for the City of Bellflower, CA
“In Bellflower, we expect our public safety technology to be both effective and responsible”
Brian McNerney, Director of Public Safety for the City of Bellflower, CA
“PlateRanger has helped our law enforcement partner, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, identify vehicles involved in street racing and street takeovers, which put lives at risk in our neighborhoods.”
Brian McNerney, Director of Public Safety for the City of Bellflower, CA
“But protecting our community also means respecting the privacy of people going about their daily lives, and the system lets the Sheriff’s Department do both.”
Brian McNerney, Director of Public Safety for the City of Bellflower, CA
“That’s how we earn and keep our residents’ trust.”
Ralph Clark, President and CEO of SoundThinking
“The debate around license plate recognition is too often framed as public safety versus privacy. It doesn't have to be.”
Ralph Clark, President and CEO of SoundThinking
“Routine vehicle data with no investigative relevance shouldn't be retained unnecessarily, while information tied to legitimate public safety needs should remain available to investigators.”
Ralph Clark, President and CEO of SoundThinking
“We believe responsible LPR means more than protecting data. It also means ensuring evidence integrity, demonstrating measurable outcomes and giving agencies transparency and control over how the technology is used.”
ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SoundThinking, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSTI), a leading public safety technology provider, today announced new evidence integrity, outcomes and auditing capabilities for PlateRanger™, powered by Rekor(®). The enhancements build on PlateRanger's incident-based data retention technology, offered for the past two years and now backed by a U.S. patent awarded to Rekor in March 2026.
License plate recognition provides significant investigative value, but agencies and communities increasingly expect stronger safeguards governing what vehicle data is retained, how long it is kept and how it is used. PlateRanger is built on a simple premise: not every plate read needs to be treated the same.
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