1) Your community has low tolerance for surveillance expansion
- If significant political or community opposition is likely, the program may face implementation failure irrespective of technical capabilities.
2) You cannot operationalize governance (audits, access controls, FOIA readiness)
- ALPR systems generate ongoing compliance and records management obligations; inadequate staffing or processes increase legal and reputational risk.
3) You need commodity video at the lowest cost
- Some users report video uptime and value concerns relative to cost; if primary need is basic CCTV, lower-cost VMS and camera options or commodity cloud camera vendors may be more appropriate.
4) You require published, predictable pricing
- The vendor’s custom-quote model may not meet certain procurement transparency or budgeting requirements.
5) You require demonstrable, immutable technical enforcement of retention
- If policy requires provable, auditable, and immutable retention enforcement that meets a specific legal standard, validate whether the platform’s controls meet those needs.