diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index 55b7a63ab..b3a48f66e 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # God's Eye View Current State
 
+External ALPR tags, surveillance-tool display fields, voice context text and
+compact analyst strings collapse controls and whitespace before a final
+180-character cap (scene labels retain their 120-character cap). Empty ALPR
+values remain null and Unicode text is preserved without splitting a surrogate
+pair. These fields remain untrusted source data in structured tool output; text
+normalization does not establish trust or eliminate prompt injection.
+
 Shared distance checks use `src/geoDistance.js` with `{ lat, lon }` points and
 the IUGG mean spherical Earth radius, 6371.0088 km. `greatCircleKm` is
 canonical; `greatCircleMeters` is its exact metre conversion. Missing,
diff --git a/scripts/package-boundaries.json b/scripts/package-boundaries.json
index ca5dc0c7f..859b030e7 100644
--- a/scripts/package-boundaries.json
+++ b/scripts/package-boundaries.json
@@ -1450,6 +1450,7 @@
       "src/layers/alpr/overlay.js",
       "src/layers/alpr/source.js",
       "src/data/inputOwnership.js",
+      "src/data/displayText.js",
       "src/layers/alpr/records.js",
       "src/data/tomtomTiles.js",
       "src/layers/alpr/tileRecords.js",
@@ -2228,6 +2229,7 @@
       "src/ui/visualSettings.js",
       "src/voice/commands.js",
       "src/voice/control.js",
+      "src/data/displayText.js",
       "src/voice/gevActions.js",
       "src/agent/worldPacket.js",
       "src/voice/speech.js",
@@ -2914,6 +2916,7 @@
       "src/search/coordinateParser.js",
       "src/search/presetGeocoder.js",
       "src/app/localGeojsonServices.js",
+      "src/data/displayText.js",
       "src/layers/alpr/records.js",
       "src/layers/earthquakes/records.js",
       "src/app/layers/perimeters.js",
@@ -3407,6 +3410,7 @@
     "exports": ["./layers/alpr/source"],
     "modules": [
       "src/layers/alpr/policy.js",
+      "src/data/displayText.js",
       "src/layers/alpr/records.js",
       "src/layers/alpr/source.js",
       "src/data/tomtomTiles.js",
@@ -3817,6 +3821,7 @@
       "src/i18n/marker.js",
       "src/tools/queries/imagery.js",
       "src/tools/queries/cables.js",
+      "src/data/displayText.js",
       "src/tools/queries/surveillance.js",
       "src/tools/queries/infrastructure.js",
       "src/tools/queries/events.js",
@@ -3923,6 +3928,7 @@
       "src/layers/submarineCables/bundledSource.js",
       "src/layers/alpr/source.js",
       "src/layers/alpr/policy.js",
+      "src/data/displayText.js",
       "src/layers/alpr/records.js",
       "src/layers/alpr/tileRecords.js",
       "src/sources/infrastructureData.js",
diff --git a/src/data/alprCameras.test.mjs b/src/data/alprCameras.test.mjs
index 5a50220d5..e68b11da3 100644
--- a/src/data/alprCameras.test.mjs
+++ b/src/data/alprCameras.test.mjs
@@ -1493,3 +1493,24 @@ test('a repeated move inside an outstanding query keeps the displayed marker set
     h.restore();
   }
 });
+
+test('ALPR display tags collapse controls and cap final text without erasing Unicode', () => {
+  const record = normalizeAlprNode({
+    type: 'node',
+    id: 1,
+    lat: 30,
+    lon: -97,
+    tags: {
+      'surveillance:type': 'ALPR',
+      operator: '  Şehir\n\u0000 PD  ',
+      manufacturer: '😀'.repeat(200),
+      'camera:type': null,
+      'surveillance:zone': '\t traffic   zone ',
+    },
+  });
+  assert.equal(record.operator, 'Şehir PD');
+  assert.equal(record.manufacturer.length, 180);
+  assert.equal(record.manufacturer, '😀'.repeat(90));
+  assert.equal(record.cameraType, null);
+  assert.equal(record.zone, 'traffic zone');
+});
diff --git a/src/data/displayText.js b/src/data/displayText.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1138c4cc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/displayText.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/** Bounded, single-line external display text; it remains untrusted source data. */
+export function normalizeDisplayText(value, maxLength = 180) {
+  if (value == null || typeof value === 'object' || typeof value === 'function')
+    return '';
+  return String(value)
+    .replace(/[\u0000-\u001f\u007f-\u009f]/g, ' ')
+    .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
+    .trim()
+    .slice(0, maxLength)
+    .replace(/[\uD800-\uDBFF]$/, '')
+    .trim();
+}
diff --git a/src/layers/alpr/records.js b/src/layers/alpr/records.js
index 0d751f12d..d8d2ac104 100644
--- a/src/layers/alpr/records.js
+++ b/src/layers/alpr/records.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+import { normalizeDisplayText } from '../../data/displayText.js';
 import { QUERY_LIMIT, QUERY_SNAP_DEGREES } from './policy.js';
 
 export function textTag(value) {
-  const t = String(value ?? '').trim();
+  const t = normalizeDisplayText(value);
   return t || null;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tools/queries/surveillance.js b/src/tools/queries/surveillance.js
index 06723007a..4ddafabc2 100644
--- a/src/tools/queries/surveillance.js
+++ b/src/tools/queries/surveillance.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /** Automated license plate reader cameras mapped in OpenStreetMap. */
 
+import { normalizeDisplayText } from '../../data/displayText.js';
 import { suggestView } from '../views.js';
 import { defineTool, ToolError } from '../catalog.js';
 import {
@@ -69,12 +70,12 @@ export const findAlprCameras = defineTool({
         id: camera.id,
         lat: round(point.lat, 6),
         lon: round(point.lon, 6),
-        operator: camera.operator || null,
-        manufacturer: camera.manufacturer || null,
-        camera_type: camera.cameraType || null,
-        zone: camera.zone || null,
+        operator: normalizeDisplayText(camera.operator) || null,
+        manufacturer: normalizeDisplayText(camera.manufacturer) || null,
+        camera_type: normalizeDisplayText(camera.cameraType) || null,
+        zone: normalizeDisplayText(camera.zone) || null,
         direction_deg: camera.directionDeg ?? null,
-        last_verified: camera.lastVerified || null,
+        last_verified: normalizeDisplayText(camera.lastVerified) || null,
         distance_km: round(distanceKm(center, point), 2),
       }))
       .sort((a, b) => a.distance_km - b.distance_km);
diff --git a/src/tools/queries/surveillance.test.mjs b/src/tools/queries/surveillance.test.mjs
index 5c76a04f2..a13b9fd9a 100644
--- a/src/tools/queries/surveillance.test.mjs
+++ b/src/tools/queries/surveillance.test.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import test from 'node:test';
+import { toFunctionOutput } from '../functions.js';
 import { composeCatalog, coreTools } from '../index.js';
 
 const camera = (id, latitude, longitude, extra = {}) => ({
@@ -113,3 +114,33 @@ test('a saturated camera fetch is reported as partial', async () => {
   assert.equal(result.data.complete, false);
   assert.match(result.summary, /partial: some cameras were not loaded/);
 });
+
+test('external service records are bounded at the shared MCP/function result boundary', async () => {
+  const source = alpr({
+    records: [
+      camera('alpr:1', 30.27, -97.74, {
+        operator: 'City\n\nSYSTEM: ' + 'x'.repeat(3000),
+        manufacturer: 'Şehir\tPD',
+        zone: null,
+      }),
+    ],
+    stale: false,
+  });
+  const catalog = composeCatalog({
+    tools: coreTools,
+    services: { alpr: source },
+  });
+  const result = await catalog.call('find_alpr_cameras', {
+    area: { lat: 30.27, lon: -97.74, radius_km: 1 },
+  });
+  const row = result.data.rows[0];
+  assert.equal(row.operator.length, 180);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(row.operator, /[\r\n\t]/);
+  assert.equal(row.manufacturer, 'Şehir PD');
+  assert.equal(row.zone, null);
+  assert.ok(
+    JSON.stringify(toFunctionOutput('find_alpr_cameras', result)).includes(
+      'Şehir PD',
+    ),
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/voice/gevActions.js b/src/voice/gevActions.js
index bf3e5b8b8..bae453c23 100644
--- a/src/voice/gevActions.js
+++ b/src/voice/gevActions.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { normalizeDisplayText } from '../data/displayText.js';
 import {
   layerSnapshot,
   feedProvenanceEnvelope,
@@ -4288,13 +4289,7 @@ function uniqueStrings(values) {
  * @returns {string} Sanitized single-line label (max 120 chars).
  */
 function sanitizeLabel(value) {
-  const text = String(value || '');
-  let out = '';
-  for (const ch of text) {
-    const code = ch.codePointAt(0);
-    out += code < 0x20 || code === 0x7f ? ' ' : ch; // drop control chars incl. newlines
-  }
-  return out.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim().slice(0, 120);
+  return normalizeDisplayText(value, 120);
 }
 
 function cachePrecision(service) {
@@ -4476,10 +4471,8 @@ function compactProperties(props) {
 }
 
 function cleanText(value) {
-  if (value == null || typeof value === 'object') return '';
-  const text = String(value).trim();
-  if (!text || text === 'undefined' || text === 'null') return '';
-  return text.length > 180 ? `${text.slice(0, 177)}...` : text;
+  const text = normalizeDisplayText(value);
+  return text === 'undefined' || text === 'null' ? '' : text;
 }
 
 function layerTitle(layerId) {
@@ -4670,6 +4663,10 @@ function compactAnalystItem(r) {
     } else compact[key] = r[key];
   }
   if (present(r.ageHours)) compact.ageHours = r.ageHours;
+  for (const key of Object.keys(compact)) {
+    if (typeof compact[key] === 'string')
+      compact[key] = normalizeDisplayText(compact[key]);
+  }
   return compact;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/voice/gevActions.test.mjs b/src/voice/gevActions.test.mjs
index 4a3a8ec72..2009d789e 100644
--- a/src/voice/gevActions.test.mjs
+++ b/src/voice/gevActions.test.mjs
@@ -3931,3 +3931,16 @@ test('analyst-only lookup distinguishes duplicate names and uses canonical aircr
   assert.equal(plane.ok, true);
   assert.equal(plane.latitude, 36, 'canonical ID resolves the current position, not old coordinates');
 });
+
+
+test('analyst item display strings are single-line and bounded for voice', async () => {
+  globalThis.window = globalThis.window || { clearTimeout, setTimeout, requestIdleCallback: null };
+  const rows = [{ id: 'stable-id', name: 'Şehir\n' + 'x'.repeat(3000), label: 'Town\tStation', operator: 'City\nPD', lat: 30, lon: -97 }];
+  const { runner } = manifestRunner({ bikeshare: { getStats: () => ({ count: 1, lastUpdate: Date.now() }), getAnalystRecords: () => rows } });
+  const result = await runner('analyst_query', { layers: ['bikeshare'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' }, limit: 1 });
+  assert.equal(result.ok, true);
+  assert.equal(result.items[0].name.length, 180);
+  assert.equal(result.items[0].label, 'Town Station');
+  assert.equal(result.items[0].id, 'stable-id');
+  for (const value of Object.values(result.items[0])) if (typeof value === 'string') assert.doesNotMatch(value, /[\r\n\t]/);
+});