{
  "version": "3.33",
  "compiled": "2026-10-09",
  "site": "https://stateofwatch.com",
  "claim": {
    "id": "riley-holly",
    "section": 5,
    "title": "Culver City and Carson: federal court denies suppression of two ALPR systems",
    "date": "Sept 10, 2026",
    "sort": "2026-09-10",
    "status": "verified",
    "checked": "3.24",
    "note": "Order read directly (v3.18). Carson retention framing corrected v3.20 and layered v3.24. The order appears to misdate a Weeks citation (1960 for the 1914 case); flagged, not corrected on our authority.",
    "category": "court",
    "case": "riley-holly",
    "body": "United States v. Melvin L. Riley and Kenneth Michael Holly, Jr., No. 2:25-cr-00380-VAP (C.D. Cal.), Document 181, Judge Virginia A. Phillips. Culver City's Flock system (52 cameras, 28 intersections, about 4% intersection coverage, about 18M photos a month, 30-day retention) and Carson's Motorola system (85 fixed cameras plus 4 trailers, 31 locations, about 75% of entry and exit points, data \"maintained for five years\" as of April 2025) were both used.\n\nFive years is Carson's own configured policy, not a Motorola limit. Motorola's own FAQ says data \"is held according to the retention policy set forth by you,\" with no vendor default or ceiling. LASD, which runs Carson's system, has a written policy (MPP 5-09/550.05): 2 years active, then archived, permanently deleted at 5 years. LASD's policy states zero inter-agency agreements with any federal agency for this system.\n\nThe court denied suppression, distinguishing Carpenter, Chatrie, and Beautiful Struggle on the same bounded-snapshot reasoning as Schmidt, Church, and Jackson.",
    "quotes": [
      {
        "text": "is held according to the retention policy set forth by you [the agency]... Retention policies may be adjusted by the Agency or Site Manager at any time",
        "from": "Motorola Solutions, LPR data management FAQ"
      }
    ],
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "U.S. v. Riley, No. 2:25-cr-00380-VAP, Doc. 181 (C.D. Cal.)",
        "primary": true,
        "docket": "2:25-cr-00380-VAP",
        "doc": "riley-order-181"
      },
      {
        "label": "Motorola Solutions LPR data management FAQ (PDF)",
        "primary": true
      },
      {
        "label": "LASD MPP 5-09/550.05",
        "primary": true,
        "doc": "lasd-alpr-policy"
      },
      {
        "label": "LASD Civilian Oversight Commission presentation",
        "primary": true
      }
    ],
    "places": [
      "culver-city-ca",
      "carson-ca"
    ],
    "url": "https://stateofwatch.com/claims/riley-holly"
  }
}