Verified Flock
Public records collected by the EFF Atlas of Surveillance document Flock Safety automated license plate readers in Sacramento, California.
Database last updated 2026-08-07
Agency
Sacramento County Sheriff's Department
Agency type
Sheriff
Jurisdiction
County
County
Sacramento County
State
California (CA)
Vendor
No verified record currently in our database
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department operates automated license plate readers. In 2024, a grand jury ruled that Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office did not fully comply with state laws regarding motorists’ privacy.
Sources · record AOS000904
Agency
Sacramento Police Department
Agency type
Police
Jurisdiction
Municipal
County
Sacramento County
State
California (CA)
Vendor
Motorola Solutions
The Sacramento Police Department scanned more than 70 million license plates in 2022 using Motorola Solutions automated license plate readers.
Sources · record AOS004230
Agency
California Highway Patrol
Agency type
State Police/Highway Patrol
Jurisdiction
Statewide
County
Sacramento County
State
California (CA)
Vendor
Flock Safety
The California Highway Patrol installed a network of 480 automated license plate readers. The agency plans to install 290 ALPRs in Oakland and 190 ALPRs along the East Bay’s state highways.
Verified deployment detail
No primary sources on file yet
Cameras / readers
Not publicly verified
Contract price
Not publicly verified
Contract start
Not publicly verified
Contract end
Not publicly verified
Data retention
Not publicly verified
Data sharing documented
Not publicly verified
Date approved
Not publicly verified
ALPR policy
Not publicly verified
Contract / public record
Not publicly verified
Flock transparency portal
Not publicly verified
Every value above is transcribed from the linked document. Nothing is estimated or inferred, and claims circulating on social media are never published here. “Not publicly verified” means we have not found a reliable primary or reported source — never that the thing does not exist.
Sources · record AOS014784
These entries document that an agency has been reported to use ALPR technology. They do not establish camera counts, exact locations, cost, retention periods or sharing policies unless the linked source says so.
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El Cerrito started physically removing its license plate reader cameras, according to Local News Matters.
Local News MattersJul 30, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
An SFPD audit found department Flock searches run on behalf of federal and out-of-state agencies, KTVU reported.
KTVU FOX 2Jun 18, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
KQED's coverage of the San Francisco audit describes hundreds of improper federal accesses of license plate data identified by the review.
KQEDJun 18, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
A second audit found significantly wider outside access to Tiburon's license plate data than an earlier review indicated, The Ark reported.
The Ark (via SFGate)Mar 27, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
Camera counts, contract prices, retention and sharing policies are shown only where we found a primary source. Where they're missing, the information is not publicly verified — see the Flock Files for the documents we do have.
Data attribution
Portions of the surveillance deployment data on this site come from the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Atlas of Surveillance. atlasofsurveillance.org ↗ Are You Flocked? is independent and is not affiliated with the EFF or Flock Safety. Database last updated 2026-08-07.
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