Who runs license plate readers in Colusa County?
- Active License plate readers
- Agency
- Colusa Police Department
- Vendor
- Flock Safety
- Devices
- —
| System | Agency | Vendor | Status | Devices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| License plate readers | Colusa Police Department | Flock Safety | Active | — |
On the map
- 0
- Verified by us
- 10
- Community-reported
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What we do not know
Colusa Police
- Who approved the camera, when, and at what cost. The state has a record of the installation and we found no record of the decision.
- How many cameras there are or are planned. The state notice describes one.
- Whether Policy 430 has been revised since March 2025 to cover a fixed, pole-mounted camera.
- Who the department has actually shared data with, and whether any of it left California.
- Whether the department's data is searchable by other agencies through a vendor-hosted network.
What license plate readers are
An automated license plate reader photographs every passing vehicle and records the plate, the time and the place. It does not watch suspects. It logs everyone, and the record is usually kept on a vendor’s servers.
How they work, why agencies buy them, and every county we have documented →
What you can do
Civic action
Show up
This technology is bought and renewed by boards, councils and committees that meet in public. We have not yet confirmed where each of them meets in Colusa County.
Go to the Colusa County hub →Personal protection
Protect yourself
Practical steps to shrink your personal data trail. Our guides publish at launch; until then, EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense is the best starting point.
Surveillance Self-Defense ↗