10-04-2026, 10:17 PM
At least for the time being, it appears that, on a positive note, our newly minted Police Chief as well as the new Honolulu Police Chief have their arms around the seriousness of these Flock, or ALPR cameras.
Quoting Chief Reed from the HTH linked article:
Hawaii Police Department Chief Reed Mahuna told the Tribune-Herald that HPD hasn’t deployed ALPRs — either fixed or mobile — but has a single-digit number of Motorola license plate reader cameras “that are in the box, still wrapped up.”
And then a quote about the Honolulu PD sharing ALPR data with the FBI over 2,000 times
Civil Beat recently reported the Honolulu Police Department has 10 fixed Motorola ALPR cameras and 60 mobile ALPR cameras, which can be deployed in patrol cars, and the department’s former interim chief, Rade Vanic, shared license plate data from Oahu drivers more than 2,000 times with the FBI under a memorandum of agreement — which since has been canceled by its new chief, David Lazar.
(bolding by me for added emphasis)
But, most importantly, as Chief Reed said:
“We are waiting at this point to see what type of legislation comes out of the state Legislature regarding the use of the cameras.
Now, of the various ALPR cameras shown to have been deployed on the Big Island, by private concerns and/or individuals, it would be interesting to know just who and specifically for what, has access to any and all stored data.
Quoting Chief Reed from the HTH linked article:
Hawaii Police Department Chief Reed Mahuna told the Tribune-Herald that HPD hasn’t deployed ALPRs — either fixed or mobile — but has a single-digit number of Motorola license plate reader cameras “that are in the box, still wrapped up.”
And then a quote about the Honolulu PD sharing ALPR data with the FBI over 2,000 times
Civil Beat recently reported the Honolulu Police Department has 10 fixed Motorola ALPR cameras and 60 mobile ALPR cameras, which can be deployed in patrol cars, and the department’s former interim chief, Rade Vanic, shared license plate data from Oahu drivers more than 2,000 times with the FBI under a memorandum of agreement — which since has been canceled by its new chief, David Lazar.
(bolding by me for added emphasis)
But, most importantly, as Chief Reed said:
“We are waiting at this point to see what type of legislation comes out of the state Legislature regarding the use of the cameras.
Now, of the various ALPR cameras shown to have been deployed on the Big Island, by private concerns and/or individuals, it would be interesting to know just who and specifically for what, has access to any and all stored data.