Mt. Juliet, Tenn. – A request for proposal was released today by the City of Mt. Juliet Information Technology (I.T.) department to identify a vendor who will provide Mt. Juliet Police Department’s Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) program. When complete, the ALPR program will not be used for anything traffic enforcement related. It will solely alert Mt. Juliet Police officers on vehicles listed on a Hotlist or investigate crimes, such as criminal homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, theft, dangerous drugs, or a wanted person. License plate data captured by the ALPR program can only be retained for 90 days per state law. However, the department will only keep data for 30 days per internal policy unless it is data associated with a criminal investigation.
“Ultimately, our department wants to protect our community from criminals who come into our city to victimize our residents and visitors, stated Police Chief James Hambrick. “Many of the criminals use stolen vehicles or vehicles that have been used in serious crimes as a mode of transportation to travel into our city. The ALPR program will alert us to their presence so they can be apprehended before victimizing someone in our community. We cannot nor do we have the desire to use the cameras for automated traffic enforcement to catch motorists running red lights or speeding.”
After the city allocated $100,000 in funding to support the program this fiscal year, beginning in July, the department and I.T. professionals began to evaluate the different technology associated with ALPR programs. During the process, 37 locations were identified throughout the city as potential locations for an ALPR system so that the prospective vendor could provide an approximate cost for the overall program. Those locations were identified because they give the best possible coverage to protect the entire Mt. Juliet community.
The department tested a single ALPR site for around 60 days, which led to the discovery of stolen vehicles and wanted persons who were apprehended. In one instance, officers pursued a stolen vehicle that was occupied by four teenagers, back into Nashville before the pursuit was terminated due to dangerous speeds.
A vendor will be selected after proposals are received on December 17, 2019.
List of proposed locations:
| Sites | Proposed ALPR Locations | Direction of camera |
| 1 | Nonaville Rd / Saundersville Rd | South |
| 2 | North Green Hill / at Green Hill High | South |
| 3 | North Green Hill / at Lebanon Rd | East |
| 4 | Lebanon Rd / Matterhorn | East |
| 5 | Lebanon Rd / Matterhorn | West |
| 6 | West Division St / County Line | East |
| 7 | West Division St / County Line | West |
| 8 | Old Lebanon Dirt Rd / County Line | East |
| 9 | Old Lebanon Dirt Rd / County Line | West |
| 10 | Central Pike / Chandler Rd | East |
| 11 | Central Pike / John Hagar Rd | East |
| 12 | Central Pike / Adams Lane | West |
| 13 | Central Pike / S. Mt. Juliet Rd | South |
| 14 | Central Pike / S. Mt. Juliet Rd | East |
| 15 | Central Pike / S. Mt. Juliet Rd | North |
| 16 | South Rutland Rd. / City Limits (South of Baird Farms Construction Entrance) | North |
| 17 | Central Pike / Walton’s Grove Subdivision | West |
| 18 | Posey Hill Rd / Beckwith Rd | West |
| 19 | Wilfong Pkwy / Beckwith Rd | South |
| 20 | Golden Bear / Rutland Dr | North |
| 21 | East Division / Golden Bear | West |
| 22 | East Division / Golden Bear | East |
| 23 | I-40 / North Mt. Juliet Rd | North |
| 24 | South Mt. Juliet Rd / Herschel Dr. | South |
| 25 | Belinda Parkway / Providence Trail | East |
| 26 | North Mt. Juliet Rd / Pleasant Grove Rd | North |
| 27 | North Mt. Juliet Rd / Pleasant Grove Rd | South |
| 28 | North Mt. Juliet Rd / West Division | North |
| 29 | North Mt. Juliet Rd / East Division | East |
| 30 | North Mt. Juliet Rd / East Division | South |
| 31 | North Mt. Juliet Rd. / West Division | West |
| 32 | North Mt. Juliet Rd. / Lebanon Rd | East |
| 33 | North Mt. Juliet Rd. / Lebanon Rd | South |
| 34 | North Mt Juliet Rd. / Lebanon Rd | West |
| 35 | Lebanon Rd / Terrace Hill Rd | East |
| 36 | Lebanon Rd / Terrace Hill Rd | West |
| 37 | Charlie Daniels Park Entrance | Entrance |
A copy of the Request for Proposal can be found here: Request for Proposal.
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