Who runs license plate readers in El Dorado County?
- Active License plate readers
- Agency
- El Dorado Hills Community Services District
- Vendor
- —
- Devices
- —
- Approved Flock license plate readers
- Agency
- El Dorado County Sheriff's Office
- Vendor
- Flock Safety
- Devices
- —
| System | Agency | Vendor | Status | Devices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| License plate readers | El Dorado Hills Community Services District | — | Active | — |
| Flock license plate readers | El Dorado County Sheriff's Office | Flock Safety | Approved | — |
On the map
- 0
- Verified by us
- 89
- Community-reported
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What we do not know
El Dorado Hills CSD
- The vendor, camera count, locations and the board item approving the system.
- Which law enforcement agencies have requested or received data.
El Dorado County Sheriff
- The contract attachment, camera count, locations and installation dates.
- The sharing list and the status of the earlier Motorola system.
- The records released in response to the 2022 MuckRock request.
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 El Dorado County.
Go to the El Dorado 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 ↗